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.
Title: Jack Maggs
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN Number: 0679440089
ISBN-13: 9780679440086
Location Published: NY, Knopf: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Type: Book
Categories: Fiction
Seller ID: ff11
