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The thief of time / John Boyne.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
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ISBN	9780552776158
Name	Boyne, John, 1971- author.
Title	The thief of time / John Boyne.
Published	London : Black Swan, 2010.
Description	522 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Summary	It is 1758 and Matthieu Zeia is fleeing Paris for Dover, having witnessed the murder of his mother by his stepfather and his subsequent execution for that crime. With Matthieu is his five year old brother Tomas and his companion and "one true love", Dominique Sauvet. What follows is the story of Matthieu's life. Beginning in murder and ending in redemption, Matthieu's life is characterised by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century, he is able to look back on a life lived to the full. He has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and more. The tale of his life involves murder, love, treachery, despair, passion, glamour, and, ultimately hope.
Subjects	Longevity -- Fiction
Genre	Historical fiction
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Historical fiction . Longevity -- Fiction . Authors: Boyne, John, 1971- .