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The 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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Jack Maggs, Peter Carey
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- Année de publication
- 1998
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- Titre
- Jack Maggs
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Peter Carey
- Éditeur
- Random House Canada
- Publié
- 1998
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0679309187
- ISBN13
- 9780679309185
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Polars & Thrillers, Romans historiques, Aventure, Amour, Classiques, 20e siècle, Polars classiques, Littérature britannique, Angleterre, 19e siècle, Grande-Bretagne, Londres, Australie, Satire, Littérature australienne, Gangsters
- Titre original
- Jack Maggs
- Évaluation
- 3,55 sur 5
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- The 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.