Jack Maggs EPUB
by Peter Carey
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The first Penguin edition of Peter Carey's Jack Maggs, with a cover by Michael LeunigThe year is 1837 and ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned illegally to London from Australia. Installing himself in the household of a genteel grocer, he attracts the attention of a cross-section of society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. Writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. Maggs, a figure both frightening and mysteriously compelling, is so in thrall to the notion of a gentlemanly class that he's risked his life to come back to his torturers. His task is to shed his false consciousness and understand that his true destiny lies in Australia.
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- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:22/04/2015
- ISBN:9780857976451
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:22/04/2015
- ISBN:9780857976451