A book in which you are immersed as if in a whirlpool, and then you just choke in the author’s wit, excellent language and amazing ability to build a plot. “Jack Maggs” by Peter Carey. An elegant stylization of Dickens? A historical detective story? A fascinating Victorian “novel of mysteries” "?Everything at once - and something more. A book that delighted journalists and critics around the world. A book that won the most prestigious of English-language literary awards - the British Commonwealth Writers' Prize.