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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Prosperous Thief
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'There are thieves who prosper. But are there thefts which can never be forgiven?

'The Prosperous Thief covers the turbulent sweep of the twentieth century. Rich in ideas and emotions, it is an epic story of the entwined lives of two vastly different families spanning three continents.

'Alice Lewin survived the war as a young child. After decades of burying her past she decides to visit the Kindertransport archive, where she learns of the existence of a possible relative, Henry Lewin. She travels to Australia to hear his story, but it's a story that she's in no way prepared to hear.

'The truth has profound ramifications and both Alice's son, Raphe, and Henry's daughter, Laura, struggle to deal with their connected lives. But just as the thefts of the Second World War define their past, so deception threatens their future.

'From the horrors of war to the fiery landscape of one of the world's most active volcanoes, this compelling novel generates its own unsettling shadows.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • 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

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2002 .
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      Extent: 291p.
      ISBN: 1865087564
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2004 .
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      ISBN: 1741144698

Works about this Work

Paperbacks Ian McFarlane , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 19 January 2003; (p. 18)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel ; The Full Story Brian Caswell , David Phu An Chiem , 2002 single work novel
Exploring Three Gs Katharine England , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 January 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Questions Tangled Bron Sibree , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 December 2002; (p. 6)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Goldsmith's New Novel Tackles a Holocaust Burden Alana Rosenbaum , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 November vol. 69 no. 12 2002; (p. 37)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Living with the Hatred That Grew from the Holocaust Christopher Bantick , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 November vol. 69 no. 12 2002; (p. 35)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Stealing History Peter Pierce , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2002; (p. 12)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Exploring Three Gs Katharine England , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 January 2003; (p. 11)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Living with the Hatred That Grew from the Holocaust Christopher Bantick , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 November vol. 69 no. 12 2002; (p. 35)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Goldsmith's New Novel Tackles a Holocaust Burden Alana Rosenbaum , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 22 November vol. 69 no. 12 2002; (p. 37)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Questions Tangled Bron Sibree , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 December 2002; (p. 6)

— Review of The Prosperous Thief Andrea Goldsmith , 2002 single work novel
Volcanic Associations Jane Sullivan , 2002 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 26 October 2002; (p. 7)
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