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Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his ''damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother'' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey''s extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, it is a brilliant and moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption.

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Theft A Love Story

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/06/2007
      ISBN13: 9780571231508, 978-0571231508
      ISBN10: 0571231500
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his ''damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother'' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey''s extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, it is a brilliant and moving exploration of art, fraud, friendship and redemption.

      Trade Review
      "'A funny, gorgeous steal of a book.' Ali Smith"

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