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The Last Bookaneer

Matthew Pearl

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English
Harvill
18 July 2016
From the author of The Dante Club. A reclusive writer... A stolen manuscript... An adventure at the ends of the earth. On the island of Samoa, a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labours over a new novel. It is rumoured that this may be the author of Treasure Island's greatest masterpiece. On the other side of the world this news fires the imaginations of the bookaneers, literary pirates who steal the latest manuscripts by famous writers. Two adversaries set out for the South Pacific: Pen Davenport, a tortured criminal genius haunted by his past and Belial, his nemesis. Both dream of fortune and immortality with what may be their last and most incredible heist. The Last Bookaneer thrillingly depicts the lost world of these doomed outlaws, a tropical island with a violent destiny, a brewing colonial war and a reclusive genius directing events from high in his mountain compound.

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Imprint:   Harvill
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   277g
ISBN:   9780099572138
ISBN 10:   0099572133
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Last Bookaneer

[Pearl's] clever final twist will surprise the general reader, and please Stevenson scholars -- Janette Currie * Independent on Sunday * A historical jigsaw puzzle of literary larceny, deception, and derring-do...richly imagined * Boston Globe * A mixture of a classic heist and literary history lesson; the whole Victorian world of letters is cleverly and wittily reimagined -- Kate Saunders * The Times * Masterly story-telling * Daily Mail * An ingenious thriller * Sunday Times *


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