{"product_id":"9780571389476-jack-maggs","title":"Jack Maggs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou're a dead man if they find you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs returns from Australia to the murky streets of nineteenth-century London and embarks on a quest to find his 'son' Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou're a dead man if they find you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs returns from Australia to the murky streets of nineteenth-century London and embarks on a quest to find his 'son' Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared. Disguised as a footman, he joins the peculiar household of Phipps's neighbour, Percy Buckle, where he meets Tobias Oates, a young novelist and amateur mesmerist searching for inspiration. Striking a dangerous deal with Oates, Maggs becomes ensnared in a dazzling, distorted world of ambition, secrets and unexpected alliances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Adamson's ingenious, wildly entertaining adaptation of Peter Carey's bestselling novel opened in November 2024, in a production by State Theatre Company South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41770899538017,"sku":"9780571389476","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571389476-jack-maggs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}