The Prosperous Thief is a 2002 novel by Australian novelist Andrea Goldsmith.

The Prosperous Thief
First edition
AuthorAndrea Goldsmith
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAllen & Unwin, Australia
Publication date
2002
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages291
ISBN1865087564
Preceded byUnder the Knife 
Followed byReunion 

Plot summary

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Alice Lewin has survived the Second World War and, as an adult, visits the Kindertransport archive where she learns of a possible relative. She travels to Australia in an attempt to meet Henry Lewin, but it is a meeting with unforeseen consequences.

Notes

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  • Dedication: for Dot
  • Epigraph: 'Virtue and crime weigh the same, I've seen it: in a man who was both criminal and virtuous.' - Tadeusz Rozewicz
  • Epigraph: 'We all live in a phantom dwelling.' - Basho

Reviews

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  • The Compulsive Reader[1]

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