Peter Carey, two-time Booker Prize winner, takes us into a world of art, deceit, love and humour with his captivating story Theft. He tells the story of two brothers. Michael Boone is a famous artist who has just been released from prison for stealing a painting from his ex-wife. Together with his mentally retarded brother Hugh, they settle in a secluded country house so that Michael can start creating again. One stormy night, a beautiful young woman takes refuge with them, claiming to be lost. With her arrival, the lives of both brothers are dramatically complicated and the tense events from the Australian outback take on global proportions.