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Jack Maggs

By: Peter Carey
Narrated by: Steve Shanahan
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A thrilling story of mesmerism and possession, of dangerous bargains and illicit love.

London, 1837.

Jack Maggs, raised and deported as a criminal, 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 townhouse in Great Queen Street? And why is Jack himself an object of such interest to Tobias Oates, celebrated author, amateur hypnotist and fellow burglar - in this case of people’s minds, of their histories and inner phantoms?

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Award, Peter Carey's Jack Maggs is dazzlingly entertaining.

©1997 Peter Carey (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Fiction Historical Fiction
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Loved it all. Brilliant read. Great story. An insightful exposition of the hypocrisy of the English who considered themselves so innately superior to anyone unlucky enough to have fallen foul of the cruel law that sent poor desperate people to “the colony”, where they prospered materially but tragically yearned for the judgemental “home country”, which had sent them there. Great narration - as usual (though surprising number of mispronunciations). Has this never been made into a movie or TV?!

Great characters!

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Narrator not the best I'm afraid. Struggled with accents, not enough differentiation between the character voices and way too much mispronounciation. Didn't need to be Australian

Lucky it wasn't too long.

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