Book by, Andrea Goldsmith
 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