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Jack Maggs / Peter Carey.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Carey Jack
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminals--Fiction.
- Criminals.
- Australian fiction--20th century.
- Australian fiction.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 306 p. ;c25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1998, c1997.
- Summary:
- A novel on hypnosis set in 19th century London. The protagonist is Jack Maggs, an English convict who returns from Australia. He suffers from painful spasms, attributed to his criminal nature, and an attempt is made to cure him, using the new science of mesmerism.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, c1997.
- ISBN:
- 0679440089 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 37464487
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