by Peter Carey · Editorial Presenca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722326735
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On a stormy winter night, 9-year-old Sam Kellow arrives in Toronto with his parents in search of what his father, a professional gambler, calls 'Jackpot' - the grand prize that will transform their lives. Vanessa, Sam's mother, an artist specializing in painting miniatures, hopes to sell one of her works to Mr. de Vere, an eccentric millionaire who lives in an underground mansion hidden behind the door of the cleaning room in the Bloor Street subway station. When this plan fails, Sam takes responsibility for saving his family from imminent ruin. But it is only on a night when, inadvertently, he locks his parents in the luxurious hotel room in which they were staying, despite not having money to pay for the stay, that Sam finds a way to do it... A story full of adventure, fantasy and a sense of humor, presented through a refined and seductive writing, gathered the conditions for this children's fiction book, Peter Carey's debut in the literary world of the little ones, to be intensely praised by critics.
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
