Powder Monkey Harcourt Brace & Company A keen student of human

A keen student of human nature

\par From the glittering sophistication of Art Deco Manhattan to the eerie Norfolk coast and the snow-capped peaks of Switzerland The Devil in Amber takes us on a thrilling ride that pits Lucifer Box against the most lethal adversary of his career : the Prince of Darkness himself

This powerful and original novel is a love story about a man who misunderstands the world so totally that he almost gets it right

calmly blasting the hell out of everyone

it is Peter Carey's achievement in Bliss to create a brilliant but totally believable fusion of ordinary experience with the crazier fantasies of the mind

Powder Monkey Harcourt Brace & Company A keen student of humanSam is desperate to leave his sleepy Norfolk village and see the world. He seizes the chance to join a merchant ship but soon discovers that a life at sea is harsh and often short, especially when his ship is attacked by a French privateer. About to be boarded, they fear all is lost, but the privateers are driven off by the appearance of a Royal Navy ship. Sam's relief is short lived. Soon after, another Navy ship sends over a press gang, and he is