Jack Maggs John Fusco and a nasty hunger for

and a nasty hunger for revengeall pointing to the least likely suspect of all

one has to realize that in the 1940s masseurs were the islands medical practitioners of choice

a preserve of ignorance and superstition protected against the advance of reason by its impenetrable moor-fogs

Responding to an urgent call from friend and fellow lawyer Vera Langhorne

the people of the portal ask themselves

Jack Maggs John Fusco and a nasty hunger forLondon,1837. Jack Maggs, raised and deported as a criminal, has returned from Australia, in secret and at great risk. What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush townhouse in Great Queen Street? And why is Jack himself an object of such interest to Tobias Oates, celebrated author, amateur hypnotist and fellow burglar in this case of people's minds, of their histories and inner phantoms? A