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Jack Maggs

Jack Maggs is based on the criminal character of Abel Magwitch, created by Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. Carey retells the story of Magwitch who Dickens had banished to Australia for the 'term of his natural life'. However, Maggs, who is Magwitch's alter ego, breaks his sentence and returns to England, where he claims to have 'English business to settle'. The story of Jack Maggs is Carey's speculation on events which might have caused Charles Dickens to invent Great Expectations. By telling a story which overlaps and intersects with Dickens, Carey is able to claim Dickens' London for his own. In the hands of a consummate wordsmith such as Carey this is a thrilling experience.

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  • "Jack Maggs is based on the criminal character of Abel Magwitch, created by Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. Carey retells the story of Magwitch who Dickens had banished to Australia for the 'term of his natural life'. However, Maggs, who is Magwitch's alter ego, breaks his sentence and returns to England, where he claims to have 'English business to settle'. The story of Jack Maggs is Carey's speculation on events which might have caused Charles Dickens to invent Great Expectations. By telling a story which overlaps and intersects with Dickens, Carey is able to claim Dickens' London for his own. In the hands of a consummate wordsmith such as Carey this is a thrilling experience."@en
  • "An exhilarating thriller set in Dickensian England."@en
  • "The year is 1837. A convict, transported to New South Wales for life, returns to London to find the boy who years before did him a kindness. The boy, Henry Phipps, has grown up a gentleman, thanks to the money the convict, Jack Maggs, has sent from the colony."@en
  • "Risking execution, ex-convict Jack Maggs returns to England from Australia to find his son."@en
  • "With scars on his back and silver in his pocket, the huge figure of Jack Maggs strides across the rich landscape of 19th century London. As this enigmatic man moves through its streets and houses, his single-minded quest to find his son will engender love, deceit, and vengeance in the lives around him. Risking execution if he is discovered, ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned to England from Australia. Pretending to be a servant, he is hired by a wealthy London household, where he quickly insinuates himself into his employer's affairs. Although Maggs conceals his ultimate goal, the murderous demons of his past threaten to tear away Maggs' ill-fitting disguise. From polished drawing rooms to sooty rooftop garrets, Peter Carey's vivid novel takes you into a Dickensian world filled with intrigue and eccentricity. This exceptional work from a Booker Prize-winning author has captured awards and top places on best-seller lists in Europe and America."@en
  • "Jack Maggs was raised and deported as a criminal, and has returned from Australia in secret and at great risk. What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush town house in Great Queen Street?"@en

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Talking books"@en

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