Theft
A Love Story
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Theft
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Narrated by:
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Stan Pretty
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By:
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Peter Carey
About this listen
Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, 2007.
Michael "Butcher" Boone is an ex-"really famous" painter, now reduced to living in the remote country house of his biggest collector and acting as caretaker for his younger brother, Hugh, a damaged man of imposing physicality and childlike emotions. Together, they've forged a delicate equilibrium, a balance instantly destroyed when a mysterious young woman named Marlene walks out of a rainstorm and into their lives. Beautiful, smart, and ambitious, she's also the daughter-in-law of the late, great painter Jacques Liebovitz, one of Butcher's earliest influences. She's sweet to Hugh and falls in love with Butcher, and they reciprocate in kind. And she sets in motion a chain of events that could be the making, or the ruin, of them all.
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Critic reviews
"A funny, gorgeous steal of a book." ( Sunday Telegraph)
"A new Peter Carey novel is a cause for joy." ( Guardian)
The intricacies of the art world got a little confusing at times (probably more to do with my inattention rather than the story itself) but it certainly is a story centred around a story of real developing love and deep rooted love between the brothers which is an endlessly fascinating relationship and perfectly plausible.
very good though long. Very much worth the effort.
artland
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Carey - fairy....scarey....hairy?
Wary is the word - the only audio book I've not managed to finish.
As dry as a pommie's bath mat
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Best advice, -listen to the sample before you buy this.
narrators are important
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Poignant and funny
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Peter Carey just gets better and better
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Would you ever listen to anything by Peter Carey again?
I have listened to a number of Carey's book and generally enjoy them. The continuous use of swear words I found unacceptableHow did the narrator detract from the book?
His slow measured tone had me switching off after 5 - 10 minutes. I tried increasing the speed but that did not help at allIf you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Theft?
Not having read more that 1 hour I cannot commentAny additional comments?
Just not for me sorryNarration style and bad language not for me
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