Theft: A Love Story

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Theft: A Love Story is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Peter Carey that explores art, authenticity, and betrayal through the intertwined lives of a disgraced painter and his mentally disabled brother.

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instanceOf Australian novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Peter Carey ⓘ
awarded Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Fiction ⓘ
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
characterRole Hugh Boone is Michael Boone's mentally disabled brother ⓘ
Marlene Leibovitz is an art world figure connected to a famous painter's estate ⓘ
Michael Boone is a disgraced painter ⓘ
linked to: Michael Boone
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
coverArtist Chip Kidd ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
followsInCareer My Life as a Fake ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9780307263107 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryStyle metafictional elements ⓘ
postmodern ⓘ
mainCharacter Hugh Boone ⓘ
Marlene Leibovitz ⓘ
Michael Boone ⓘ
narrationStyle first-person narration ⓘ
narrator Hugh Boone ⓘ
Michael Boone ⓘ
nominatedFor Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ
Miles Franklin Award ⓘ
notableAspect dual narrators with distinct voices ⓘ
exploration of brotherly loyalty ⓘ
satire of the contemporary art world ⓘ
pageCount 272 ⓘ
partOf Peter Carey's body of work ⓘ
precedesInCareer His Illegal Self ⓘ
publicationYear 2006 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting Australia ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
theme art ⓘ
authenticity ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
forgery ⓘ
identity ⓘ
love ⓘ
the art market ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

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