 First edition | |
| Author | Andrea Goldsmith |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin, Australia |
| Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 291 |
| ISBN | 1865087564 |
| Preceded by | Under the Knife |
| Followed by | Reunion |
The Prosperous Thief is a 2002 novel by Australian novelist Andrea Goldsmith.
Plot summary
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
- 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
- The Compulsive Reader
Awards and nominations
- 2003 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award