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The Palace Thief

The Palace Thief

by EthanCanin (Author)

Synopsis

This is a quartet of novellas including "Accountant", "Batorsag and Szerelem", "City of Broken Dreams" and "The Palace Thief". In the title story, a teacher spots the seeds of corruption in a wayward student and watches with fascinated horror as the boy, and then the man flourishes.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 24 Feb 1994
ISBN 10: 0747516820
ISBN 13: 9780747516828

Media Reviews
Marvelous...Each plot is dramatic, its characters highly engaging, the suspense sustained and irresistible...A commanding performance. - The New York Times Extraordinary for its craft and emotional effect...a writer of enormous talent and charm. - The Washington Post These four long stories are not only splendid reading material; they are stunning art, the kind if art that, blessed with an adamant yet unadorned intelligence, capers at the edge of life's deepest mysteries. - The Dallas Morning News Superb. - Time Masterful...[Canin is] a keen and compassionate talent. His writing is cut of whole cloth; it is beautiful and it wears well. -- New York Daily News