Dodger
by:
James Benmore (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781780874654 (1780874650)
Publish date: April 11th 2013
Publisher: Heron
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
by James Benmore As sequels to Oliver Twist go, this one was pretty good. Benmore depicts the Artful Dodger in a sort of 'winning rogue' sort of way that makes him likeable and easy to sympathize with as he gets into one tight situation after another. The premise is that Jack Dawkins, aka The ...
London, 1850s. After five years in an Australian penal colony, the Artful Dodger returns to London in search of a hidden fortune. Unaware of the fate that befell Twist, Fagin and Sikes, Dodger revisits the criminal underworld of Dickensian London to seek out his old comrades, any of whom might poss...