Theft: A Love Story
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| Theft: A Love Story | |
| Author | Peter Carey |
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| Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication date | 9 May 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-307-26371-1 |
Theft is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It won the 2006 Vance Palmer Prize, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award prize for fiction.
Here is a novel where a love story, a story of deceit and a story about family history and responsibility unfold around the world of art. It is told through the eyes of two men – the main character and his developmentally delayed brother. Each offers an insight into and an interpretation of events. The settings are globally broad – with beginnings in country Australia playing out on stages of Japan and New York. A delightful interweaving of places, people and circumstances.
