Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey (English) Paperback Book

Description: Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey One of Peter Careys most searingly inventive novels yet. Wise, funny, profound.Michael Butcher Boone is an ex-really famous painter, now reduced to living in a remote country house and acting as caretaker for his younger brother, Hugh. Alone together theyve forged a delicate equilibrium, a balance instantly destroyed when a mysterious young woman named Marlene walks out of a rainstorm and into their lives. Beautiful, smart, and ambitious, shes the daughter-in-law of the late great painter Jacques Liebovitz. Soon Marlene sets in motion a chain of events that could be the making, or the ruin, of them all . . . FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and now lives in New York. He is the author of fourteen novels (including one for children), two volumes of short stories, and two books on travel. Amongst other prizes, Carey has won the Booker Prize twice (for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang), the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice (for Jack Maggs and True History of the Kelly Gang), and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times (for Bliss, Oscar and Lucinda and Jack Maggs). He is an officer of the Order of Australia and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Promotional One of Peter Careys most searingly inventive novels yet. Wise, funny, profound. Promotional "Headline" One of Peter Careys most searingly inventive novels yet. Wise, funny, profound. Details ISBN1760896527 Author Peter Carey Pages 288 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1760896527 ISBN-13 9781760896522 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-03-03 Place of Publication Hawthorn Country of Publication Australia Language English Publisher Penguin Random House Australia Imprint Penguin Random House Australia Illustrator Andy Price Birth 1939 Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA Position Department of Psychology Qualifications Ph.D. Audience General NZ Release Date 2020-03-02 AU Release Date 2020-03-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126919719;

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