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Garfield, Leon

Smith: The Story of a Pickpocket

197 pp. | NYRB | November, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59017-675-7 $16.95
New ed. (1967, Pantheon)
(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old illiterate thief Smith steals a document that turns out to hide life-changing secrets. The Newgate Jail and the dank underworld of London two hundred years ago; the unusual cast of characters; the rapid movement of events; and the quick, zestful writing make the story fresh and absorbing. This new edition lacks Antony Maitland's line illustrations, but the bookmaking is understatedly handsome.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1967

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