[Jayaprakash]

Peter Carey's JACK MAGGS may serve as an interesting pendant to this book. The convict, Magwitch, was of course deported to Australia - reading GREAT EXPECTATIONS, the Australian Carey realised that Magwitch was the sort of person who was a part of his country's history. This inspired him to write a take on the GREAT EXPECTATIONS story from the convict's point of view, although it's not a straight re-telling. It also includes the young Charles Dickens as a character, not in an altogether flattering light.