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Beggarman, Thief

Beggarman, Thief

by IrwinShaw (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

Wesley, haunted by his father's murder, begins a strange and deeply personal quest; Billy becomes involved with a girl who leads him into unexpected dangers; Gretchen finds new challenges and experiences a remarkable twist to her life. Moving between Europe and America, Beggarman, Thief is a brilliant novel chronicling the fortunes of one family - the joys, sorrows, successes and failures. This is not only the gripping sequel to Irwin Shaw's bestselling Rich Man, Poor Man , but also an outstanding novel in its own right.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 04 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0752848518
ISBN 13: 9780752848518
Book Overview: Sequel to the highly-acclaimed RICH MAN, POOR MAN, also reissued in Orion Paperbacks Irwin Shaw is widely recognised as one of the 20th century's greatest writers Critical acclaim for Irwin Shaw 'Mr Shaw's 20-year slice out of the lives of an immigrant family starting out in a small town near New York makes for compulsive reading' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'His story of how the children of a poor German immigrant grow up and find their individual salvations in the post-war years in handled with enviable skill' LISTENER

Author Bio
Irwin Shaw was born in New York in 1913 and began his literary career writing short stories, and plays for the stage and radio. During World War Two he served in North Africa, the Middle East and all over Europe, and it was after the war that he achieved widespread acclaim with his first novel, The Young Lions. Irwin Shaw wrote more than a dozen novels, all of which became worldwide bestsellers. A number of his books have also found success as feature films and TV serials, and they have been translated into twenty languages. Irwin Shaw died in 1984.