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I have read Carey's works before and have really enjoyed them. Jack Maggs, I decided to read as the State Theatre Company of South Australia will be presenting the novel as a play in November 2024. So my reading was in preparation to find out how the novel becomes realised on the stage.
Jack Magg's to put it mildly is a bleak and violent, with a bunch of characters whose motivations are ever changing. We follow Jack Maggs, as he endeavours to locate his 'son'. Magg is relentless in his pursuit a ...more
Jack Magg's to put it mildly is a bleak and violent, with a bunch of characters whose motivations are ever changing. We follow Jack Maggs, as he endeavours to locate his 'son'. Magg is relentless in his pursuit a ...more
It's very slow - so slow that I couldn't get into it. I put it down, tried to pick it up again and felt no motivation at all. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood.
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Jul 25, 2010
Victoriakor
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Blue Eyed Vixen
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Michele
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