Theft: A Love Story

 

                     
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Title
Theft: A Love Story
Author Peter Carey
Genre Literary Fiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description

Theft: A Love Story is a novel by Peter Carey that explores art, jealousy, and fractured identity through the relationship between two brothers. Set in Australia’s contemporary art world, the story follows Butcher Bones, a quiet, socially awkward painter, whose talent and emotional vulnerability contrast sharply with the manipulative charm of his brother Hugh. When love, ambition, and rivalry collide, the novel examines authenticity, exploitation, and the blurred line between devotion and betrayal. Intimate and unsettling, Theft is a meditation on creativity and the cost of intimacy.

About Author

Peter Carey is an Australian author widely regarded as one of the most significant literary figures of his generation. Born in 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Carey began his career in advertising before turning to fiction, publishing short stories that quickly gained critical attention for their originality and experimental style. He rose to international prominence with novels that blend history, myth, and postmodern narrative techniques.

Carey is one of the few writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—first for Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and later for True History of the Kelly Gang (2001). His work frequently reimagines Australian history, interrogating themes of identity, colonialism, power, and storytelling itself. Known for his inventive language and bold narrative structures, Carey has written across novels, short fiction, and essays, and his influence extends well beyond Australia into the global literary canon.

  

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