![]() ![]() As events begin to swirl and accelerate, the plot may offer the semblance of purposeful direction, but the reader's more rewarding strategy is simply to dive into the narrative and be swept along by the waves. Plot, in Carey's endlessly inventive mind, is a flotation device to surf the author's imagination - and the least important part of his writing. With roller-coaster turns and indefatigable energy, "Jack Maggs" joins Carey's earlier novels, including "Illywhacker" and "The Tax Inspector," as their wildly eccentric relative: exhausting, perhaps, but always welcome as a master weaver of fanciful stories. ![]() True to form, Carey has once more spun a tale of Dickensian scope and exuberance, flush with absurd and endearing characters, fantastical encounters and unassailable truths. ![]() : convicted thief, somnambulist, murderer, businessman, escaped felon, loving father and beloved creation of Booker Prize-winning Australian novelist Peter Carey ("Oscar and Lucinda," "Bliss"). ![]()
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