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Jack Maggs 1997

Convicts, Criminals, Social life and customs, Fiction

London, 1837. Jack Maggs, a foundling trained as a thief, betrayed and deported to a penal colony in Australia, has reversed his fortunes. Under threat of execution he returns to London after twenty years of exile to try to fulfill his well-concealed heart’s desire.

Convicts Criminals Social life and customs Fiction History Large type books New York Times reviewed Criminals, fiction London (england), fiction Fiction, psychological Fiction, historical, general Psychological fiction

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“IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT when the man with the red waistcoat arrived in London.”

About Peter Carey · 1943

Peter Philip Carey (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988, for *Oscar and Lucinda,* and won his second Booker Prize in 2001, for *True History of the Kelly Gang.* He has also won the Miles Franklin Award three times. In addition to writing fiction, he collaborated on the screenplay of the film Until the End of the World with Wim Wenders and was, for nineteen years, executive director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York.

The Fortress of Solitude 200377% alike

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