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Carey, Peter. My Life as a Fake.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Nov. 2003. 304p. Knopf, $25 (0-375-41498-3).
Australian-born Carey is a wily and enthralling storyteller with two Booker Prizes to his credit, the second for his last novel, True History of the Kelly Gang (2001), a fictionalized portrait of an Australian folk hero. Here Carey turns to yet another infamous chapter in his homeland's colorful history, a celebrated literary hoax. John Slater, a famous English poet, and Sarah Wode-Douglass, the self-possessed, obsessive, and very private editor of a little London literary magazine, share the horrific memory of Sarah's mother's terrible death, and seek reconciliation by traveling together to Kuala Lumpur. There they run into Christopher Chubb, a ...
- Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang.(Book Review)
- Journal of Australian Studies Ivison, Douglas December 15, 2001 700+ words
...a template, Carey narrates the bulk of True History in Kelly's...The focus of True History is ultimately...of Kelly, and Carey's interest...suggests that Carey's intention...mists of myth, True History presents its...
- Peter Carey Winner of 2001 Booker Prize For His Novel 'True History of The...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 18, 2001 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Peter Carey has been named...for his novel "True History of the Kelly Gang...judges chose Peter Carey's 'True History of the Kelly Gang...All of Peter Carey's novels are...His latest, "True History of the Kelly Gang...
- The bushranger's voice: Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) and...
- Magazine article from: College Literature Eggert, Paul June 22, 2007 700+ words
...Robbery Under Arms and Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang (2000...manifestation of that tradition, for Carey, was Ned Kelly's Jerilderie...publication of his novel, Carey commented that "true history is totally consistent with...
- Peter Carey wins two more awards for 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.(South...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books March 11, 2002 700+ words
...COMMUNICATIONS LTD Author Peter Carey has won both the South Australian...Literature Awards in Australia. Carey received AUD20,000 in prize...for the two awards for 'The True History of the Kelly Gang', bringing...more than AUD180,000. 'The True History of the Kelly Gang' has ...
- True history of the Carey gang; The real Japan.(Peter Carey's new book about...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 29, 2005 700+ words
...the really weird stuff means", Peter Carey takes Charley to Tokyo to meet the artists...adventures, is not the first to punctuate Mr Carey's string of stunning novels, and it...and big business--in Japan. Mr Carey restlessly tries to elicit from those he...
- True History of the Kelly Gang. (Australia).(Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Coad, David March 22, 2001 700+ words
Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang...intentionally ironic that Carey's text, like...purports to be "true history," as if novelistic...by the author. Carey manages extremely...verisimilitude. True History of the Kelly Gang...
- True History of the Kelly Gang.
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Coltvet, Ben McDonald April 10, 2002 700+ words
By Peter Carey. Knopf, 352 pp., $25...approval a century ago. Peter Carey's latest novel demolishes this line of thinking. In True History of the Kelly Gang, the famed...authentically Australian worldview. Carey's narrator-hero demonstrates...
- True History of the Kelly Gang.(Review) (book review)
- Magazine article from: Book Ousborne, Jeff January 1, 2001 700+ words
True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey Alfred A. Knopf 352 pages Nineteenth...rich, domineering Anglo landlords. Carey, who won the Booker Prize for Oscar...shape and meaning of his own story. Carey has fashioned a prose marvel; Kelly...
