num_pages: 291
description: "The Prosperous Thief covers the turbulent sweep of the 20th century. It is an epic story of the entwined lives of two vastly different families." "Heinrik Heck lives by his wits in pre-war Germany. As hostilities draw to a close, he commits an atrocious theft which enables him to survive into comfortable old age in Australia." "It is a crime with far-reaching repercussions. Should his children inherit his sins? And who, if anyone, has the right to judge?" From the horrors of war to the fiery landscape of one of the world's most active volcanoes, this moral thriller generates its own unsettling shadows.
language: English
title: The Prosperous Thief
titlecomplete: The Prosperous Thief
genres: Historical, Literature, Australia, Holocaust, Jewish, Fiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Allen & Unwin