In Theft' 'Carey has loosed several different voices at once.

Theft' 'is avirtuoso inauguration, not to mention a great first date.' - 'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette' ' Carey is a choral group from novel to novel he soars or plunges from voice to voice, each with its differently piercing note and, for commonality, just a hint of disconcert. If you haven' t already, you might want to introduce yourself to Peter Carey. You won' t be disappointed.' - 'The Plain Dealer' ' Opening a Peter Carey novel is a little like being seduced. It' s not just the story, which is a roller coaster, or the characters, each of whom is so memorable, but the sheer physicality of Carey' s writing that makes Theft' 'so good. Written with terrific verbal energy and a snide, lashing sense of humor, Theft' 'is a marvelous caper, a wicked little love story and a fine mockery of an industry that probably deserves it.' - 'The Economist' ' In a word, superb. Hypnotically brilliant, entirely original.' - 'The Washington Post Book World' ' Peter Carey' s funny, rumbustious new novel takes on the contemporary art world.

Theft is the kind of novel only an abundantly gifted artist, and one serious about his craft, could produce.' - 'San Jose Mercury News' ' Peter Carey is a superb writer, whose prose is always active, and who infuses his characters, however eccentric, with a warmth that lets them live in our minds.' - 'The New Yorker' ' Magnificent. Theft is witty, urbane, funny and profound down to its last searing line.' - 'The Baltimore Sun' ' very funny new novel ingeniously worked-out art-fraud plot. Carey' s book is afire with passion, both love and loathing.' - 'Los Angeles Times Book Review' ' Brilliant Peter Carey has written another marvelous novel.

Theft by peter carey