Book #16369

Jack Maggs - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Peter Carey
Book #16369 Jack Maggs - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Peter Carey.
Jack Maggs - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
ISBN: 0679440089

A handsome first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Minor cut to bottom of spine. Signed and inscribed by author Peter Carey directly on the title page.

In Jack Maggs, fifteen-year-old Jack is trying to find his place in the world. His parents are both alcoholics and have never been able to provide for him, so Jack has been living on the streets and in shelters since he was five. When Jack is picked up by the police and put into a juvenile detention center, he's faced with the prospect of being sent to a reform school. But when he's released, Jack is determined to find a way to survive on his own.

Jack starts working as a runner for a local drug dealer, but he quickly learns that the life of a drug runner isn't as easy as it seems. He's constantly on the lookout for the police, and he's constantly having to dodge rival gangs. But Jack is determined to make it on his own, and he eventually manages to build up a small drug-dealing operation of his own.

But Jack's dream of making it on his own is suddenly; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Price: $100.00

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