The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti

Richly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - Kirkus Reviews

Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and an American Library Association Alex Award

Twelve year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is a mystery that Ren has been trying to solve for his entire life, as well as who his parents are, and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthony's Orphanage for boys. He longs for a family to call his own and is terrified of the day he will be sent alone into the world.

But then a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Ren's long-lost brother, and his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand and his parents persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and to give Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? Journeying through a New England of whaling towns and meadowed farmlands, Ren is introduced to a vibrant world of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves. If he stays, Ren becomes one of them. If he goes, he's lost once again. As Ren begins to find clues to his hidden parentage he comes to suspect that Benjamin not only holds the key to his future, but to his past as well.

Praise for The Good Thief

Every once in a while--if you are very lucky--you come upon a novel so marvelous and enchanting and rare that you wish everyone in the world would read it, as well. The Good Thief is just such a book--a beautifully composed work of literary magic.--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

Darkly transporting . . . In] The Good Thief, the reader can find plain-spoken fiction full of traditional virtues: strong plotting, pure lucidity, visceral momentum and a total absence of writerly mannerisms. In Ms. Tinti's case that means an American Dickensian tale with touches of Harry Potterish whimsy, along with a macabre streak of spooky New England history.--New York Times

Hannah Tinti was born and raised in the Massachusetts town of Salem. Animal Crackers, a collection of short stories, was a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Prize. Her successful novel The Good Thief was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and earned the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and an American Library Association Alex Award. Tinti is the co-founder and executive editor of One Story, an award-winning literary journal.

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ISBN 13	9780385337465
ISBN 10	0385337469
Title	The Good Thief
Author	Hannah Tinti
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2009-08-11
Number of pages	368
Prizes	Winner of Alex Award - YALSA 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.