![]() Consequently it went right up her spine and disappeared inside her little white cap and then, just when it seemed lost, it came out the other side and pulled up the ends of her thin mouth in a grimace." Throw in a wicked mastery of period slang, a subplot about Victorian mesmerism (of which Dickens was, in fact, a practitioner) and an amazing storytelling gift, and you have a novel which meets and exceeds almost any expectation one might bring to it" - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. ![]() He is Jack Maggs, an illegal returnee from the prison island of Australia. The year is 1837 and a stranger is prowling London. Here, for example, he pins down both the body and soul of a household servant: "Miss Mott was lean and sinewy and there was nowhere much for such a violent shiver to hide itself. Download Jack Maggs Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle The Booker Prize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda returns to the nineteenth century in an utterly captivating mystery. In addition, his eye for physical detail-and the ways in which such details open small or large windows onto character-is on par with that of Dickens. Carey, however, more than withstands the test of time, alluding to the formality of Victorian prose without ever bending over backward to duplicate it. A near fine, unread UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a near fine dustjacket - not price-clipped, a little rubbed with minimum foxing & a tiny nick to the top of spine - fitted with a removable, clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "Of course, rewriting a page-turner from the past offers some major perils, not the least of them being comparisons to the original. ![]()
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