Smith
By Leon Garfield.
Description
"Leon Garfield is unmatched for sheer, exciting storytelling." --Lloyd AlexanderThis brilliant, picaresque novel follows the adventures of an illiterate young ragamuffin known only as Smith. Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder. Smiths booty from the theft is an Important Document, no doubt worth quite a lot to somebody, which is proved by the pursuit of Smith by two very shady characters. Smith artfully dodges them and winds up in the odd company of a wealthy blind man, who takes Smith into his home and provides him with an educat...
ISBN(s)
0374467625, 9780374467623
