Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
Taste attributes: historicalcrimegay/lesbianthrillerfresh & originalrealisticintricateglossyenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect an intricate, small-scale historical novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
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- Author
- Sarah Waters
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 560
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- Open Library
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