Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Set in a den of thieves in 1860's London, this novel focuses on Susan, a pickpocket, who is persuaded by her cohorts to pose as a lady's maid and infiltrate the household of Maud, a young heiress in possession of a large inheritance.
The prize-winning author of Tipping the Velvet and Affinity has produced a new novel full of dark secrets as well as insanity and erotic loveSue Trinder, orphaned at birth and brought up by fingersmiths (petty thieves) becomes part of a complex scam to obtain a fortune when she is 17. It involves her in becoming a lady's maid - these are Dickensian times - and it is not long before things start to go very wrong. She becomes involved with another orphan growing up in a gloomy country mansion. It is an extraordinarily vivid story which conjures up a brilliant picture of the period.
Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She has a Ph.D in English Literature and has published articles on lesbian and gay writing and cultural history. Her first novel, Tipping the Velvet, won a 1999 Betty Trask award. For Affinity, she was awarded the Somerset Maughm prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2000.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860498824 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860498825 |
| Title | Fingersmith |
| Author | Sarah Waters |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger 2002, Winner of CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2002, Short-listed for Orange Prize 2002, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2002, Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2002, Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 2002 |
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