Jack Maggs: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 1998

Author(s): Peter Carey

Fiction

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781760896447
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.44
  • : March 2020
  • : 3.9 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 19.6 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Carey
  • : Paperback
  • : 480
  • : FA