Fingersmith
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $30.99
Publisher Description
New York Times best-selling author of Affinity (H1551), Sarah Waters was named Author of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Fingersmith was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize, and was chosen as book of the year 2002 by more organizations than any other novel. Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, "mother" to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence. But the two women form an unanticipated bond and the events that follow will surprise every listener.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This lush, twisty, Victorian-style mystery blends crime, intrigue, and romance in a way only the author of Tipping the Velvet could manage. Raised in a den of thieves in grimy 1860s London, orphan Sue Trinder is enticed into a long con: become the trusted maid of sheltered young heiress Maud Lilly and subtly nudge her toward marrying the dashing swindler known as Gentleman in exchange for a share of Maud’s fortune. But as Sue and Maud grow closer, her loyalties begin to shift. With its richly descriptive prose, melodramatic surprises, and morally ambiguous characters, Fingersmith is marvellously Dickensian. But Sarah Waters slyly subverts the era’s appetite for titillation masked as shocked moral critique, giving the novel a distinctly erotic edge. Juanita McMahon’s evocative narration ups the Dickens vibe with sharply rendered and distinct character voices. Whether you’re a devotee of 19th-century British literature or just love a complex caper, this will pull you in.
