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THEFT: A Love Story

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THEFT: A Love Story

por Carey, Peter

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0307263711
ISBN 13
9780307263711
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New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 2006. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant,THEFT is two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey's master class on the things people will do for art, for love . . . and for money. "I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my eight-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once been famous as a painter could expect in his own backyard. . ." So begins Peter Carey's highly charged and lewdly funny new novel. Told by the twin voices of the artist, Butcher Bones, and his "damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother" Hugh, it recounts their adventures and troubles after Butcher's plummeting prices and spiralling drink problem force them to retreat to New South Wales. Here the formerly famous artist is reduced to being a caretaker for his biggest collector, as well as nurse to his erratic brother. Then the mysterious Marlene turns up in Manolo Blahniks one stormy night. Claiming that the brothers' friend and neighbour owns an original Jacques Liebovitz, she soon sets in motion a chain of events that could be the making or ruin of them all. Displaying Carey's extraordinary flare for language,THEFT is a love poem of a very different kind. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo - and exploring themes of art, fraud, responsibility and redemption - this great novel will make you laugh out loud. Peter Carey is a two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize: in 1988 for OSCAR AND LUCINDA, and in 2001 for TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG. He has also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice, in 1998 for JACK MAGGS, and in 2001 for KELLY GANG. His most recent novels include MY LIFE AS A FAKE, and THEFT: A Love Story. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L121/ L55/L124

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Ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant, Theft is two-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey's master class on the things people will do for art, for love . . . and for money."I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my eight-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once been famous as a painter could expect in his own backyard. . ."So begins Peter Carey's highly charged and lewdly funny new novel. Told by the twin voices of the artist, Butcher Bones, and his "damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother" Hugh, it recounts their adventures and troubles after Butcher's plummeting prices and spiralling drink problem force them to retreat to New South Wales. Here the formerly famous artist is reduced to being a caretaker for his biggest collector, as well as nurse to his erratic brother. Then the mysterious Marlene turns up in Manolo Blahniks one stormy night. Claiming that the brothers' friend and neighbour owns an original Jacques Liebovitz, she soon sets in motion a chain of events that could be the making or ruin of them all.Displaying Carey's extraordinary flare for language, Theft is a love poem of a very different kind. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo -- and exploring themes of art, fraud, responsibility and redemption -- this great novel will make you laugh out loud.From the Hardcover edition.

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Livreiro
Joe Staats, Bookseller US (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro
019287
Título
THEFT: A Love Story
Autor
Carey, Peter
Formato/Encadernação
Capa dura
Estado do livro
Usado - Bom
Condição de sobrecapa
Fine
Quantidade Disponível
1
Edição
First American Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
0307263711
ISBN 13
9780307263711
Editorial
Alfred A Knopf, Inc.
Local de publicação
New York, N. Y., U.S.A.
Data de publicação
2006
Páginas
224
Dimensão
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Product_type
2

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