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| Author | Saul Bellow |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin |
Publication date | March 1989 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 128 pp |
| ISBN | 0-14-011969-8 |
| OCLC | 18521152 |
| 813/.52 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3503.E4488 T4 1989 |
A Theft is a 1989 novel by the American author Saul Bellow. Bellow originally wanted to publish the book as a story or serial in a magazine such as The New Yorker, but his agent had trouble selling it to any magazine. Bellow, instead, chose to publish it as a book, and it was his first book to be published in paperback form. Bellow himself said on the television show Good Morning America that the book had the quality of a hardcover book, but lacked the requisite number of pages and, hence, was published as a trade paperback.