Fingersmith

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The book that inspired Park Chan-wook's astonishing film The Handmaiden. Shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize. London 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows u p among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'.But from the moment she draws breath, Sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away. Show more