The Prosperous Thief

The Prosperous Thief
	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^[1]

Awards and nominations

2003 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award

References

^ The Compulsive Reader, "A Review of The Prosperous Thief by Andrea Goldsmith"

[1] The Compulsive Reader, "A Review of The Prosperous Thief by Andrea Goldsmith"

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