The Prosperous Thief is a 2002 novel by Australian novelist Andrea Goldsmith.
Plot summary
Alice Lewin has survived the Second World War and, as an adult, visits the Kindertransport archive where she learns of a possible relative. She travels to Australia in an attempt to meet Henry Lewin, but it is a meeting with unforeseen consequences.
Notes
Dedication: for Dot Epigraph: 'Virtue and crime weigh the same, I've seen it: in a man who was both criminal and virtuous.' - Tadeusz Rozewicz Epigraph: 'We all live in a phantom dwelling.' - Basho
Reviews The Compulsive ReaderThe Compulsive Reader, "A Review of The Prosperous Thief by Andrea Goldsmith"
Awards and nominations
2003 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
References