![]() ![]() Carey is a loon from down under, a mad max who drives language and plot straight through the great barrier reef of the commonplace. It is a rudely brilliant, infuriatingly beautiful, belligerently profane work of art.” Carey has produced a humane, gloriously Australian book of grand passion, bad breath and high mischief. Theft is a novel that will get right up your nose. “The work of a novelist willing his way into greatness minute by gritty minute.” ![]() Carey’s book is afire with passion, both love and loathing.” ![]() Theft is a virtuoso inauguration, not to mention a great first date.” If you haven’t already, you might want to introduce yourself to Peter Carey. “Opening a Peter Carey novel is a little like being seduced. It’s not just the story, which is a roller coaster, or the characters, each of whom is so memorable, but the sheer physicality of Carey’s writing that makes Theft so good. ![]()
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