Jack Maggs

Jack Maggs

Infobox Book |
name = Jack Maggs
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author = Peter Carey
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country = Australia
language = English
genre = Novel
publisher = University of Queensland Press
release_date = 1997
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 392 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-7022-2952-0 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith
followed_by = True History of the Kelly Gang

"Jack Maggs" (1997) is a novel by Peter Carey.

Plot summary

Set in 19th century London, "Jack Maggs" is a reworking of the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations". The story centres around Jack Maggs (the equivalent of Magwitch) and his quest to meet his 'son' Henry Phipps (the equivalent of Pip). He is aided in this by the novelist Tobias Oates (a thinly disguised Charles Dickens), who associates with the mischievous Jack Maggs in order to draw inspiration for his forthcoming novel which he desperately needs to produce because of his lack of money.

Awards and nominations

* 1998 Miles Franklin Award, winner
* 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize, South-East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, winner
* 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize, Overall Best Book Award, winner
* 1997 The Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize, winner


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