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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a terrific book that will appeal to those who like fairy tales and adventure stories. It is a substantive book that is thought provoking on many levels. Full of interesting plot turns, it is engaging to the end. (  ) mhmolinaro | Oct 18, 2009 |  Loved this book. If you like Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and Treasure Island, you will enjoy this novel which I think is the author's debut (other than short stories). The characters really come alive in this book and I think it would also translate into a great movie because of that. It can be macabre, but the author is soooo good at it ! Also some kind of dark sense of humor that surprised me - I was laughing in some parts that I was also grimacing at ! Have fun with this one and can't wait for the next. ( ) SWilley | Sep 24, 2009 | haunting, fairytale-like, excellent book. Simplistic in style but with vivid grostesque characters and situations and a strain of magica realism that cloaks the action. ( ) gercmbyrne | Sep 10, 2009 | "The Good Thief weaves a story that reads like a classic coming of age tale with all the devices, characters and plot twists that make it a tangible and entertaining experience. I kept thinking to myself, what will happen next, oh, no ... not that! I can't believe it! Whew! *Wipes brow.* *Sighs with relief.* A wonderful, stalwart protagonist (Ren), his unforgettable companions and each and every one of the other quirky, clever characters will come to life in your mind, fully realized. You may be borne along, as I was, on an author-crafted vessel navigating a challenging imaginary river of action and emotional rapids. This, of course, leads to learning and experiencing many things that teach and strengthen him/Rem on his journey to knowing himself. He is what I describe as a sturdy soul. I recommend this book to any reader who enjoys old-fashioned adventure and suspense stories. One of the best of this type I've ever read. I'm eager for Ms. Tinti's next book already." ( )3  womansheart | Aug 30, 2009 | This story takes place in the New England of the 19th century. Ren, abandoned at Saint Anthony's Orphanage for boys as an infant and missing one of his hands, is twelve years old when Benjamin Nab comes to the orphanage and claims to be his long lost brother. Ren leaves the orphanage with the unreliable and dishonest Benjamin, and begins a life as a reluctant thief, scam artist, and grave robber. This is not a typical warm and fuzzy orphan tale written for children. It is a harsh story of lies, greed, brutality and murder, where Ren learns the value of friendship and loyalty as he struggles to discover who he is, who he was, and who he's going to be. This book started a little slow at first but soon grabbed and kept my interest right up to the surprising end. (  ) loriephillips | Aug 24, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385337450, Hardcover)Richly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.Twelve year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is a mystery that Ren has been trying to solve for his entire life, as well as who his parents are, and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthony’s Orphanage for boys. He longs for a family to call his own and is terrified of the day he will be sent alone into the world. But then a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Ren’s long-lost brother, and his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand and his parents persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and to give Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? Journeying through a New England of whaling towns and meadowed farmlands, Ren is introduced to a vibrant world of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves. If he stays, Ren becomes one of them. If he goes, he’s lost once again. As Ren begins to find clues to his hidden parentage he comes to suspect that Benjamin not only holds the key to his future, but to his past as well. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:15 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
LibraryThing AuthorHannah Tinti is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing. Author ChatHannah Tinti chatted with LibraryThing members from Aug 24, 2009 to Sep 4, 2009. Read the chat.
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