About the book: 1978 / “The Peache Thief” was conceived, according to the author, back in 1938. At the same time, the first version was written, which he later destroyed. Later, in 1975, he attributed the idea for the story to 1936. It was based on his childhood memories of the years of the First World War. “I remembered the prisoners of war... those unfortunates whom the soldiers drove past the vineyards... this motley herd of people, from which there was a stench».