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Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
$25.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: Adult
Olivier is a young aristocrat, one of an endangered species born in France just after the Revolution. Parrot, the son of an itinerant English printer, wanted to be an artist but has ended up in middle age as a servant. When Olivier sets sail for the New World - ostensibly to study its prisons, but in re ...Show more
The Fat Man in History: Short stories by Peter Carey by Peter Carey
$1000.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
The stories in Peter Carey's collection are bizarre, funny and chilling. Their landscape is exotic and surreal, an ominous near-future that has the distinct feel of contemporary life. Carey's narratives are an exhilarating blend of fable, fantasy and allegory in which, as in dreams, something odd and me ...Show more
The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
The day that Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt, was also the day that the Tax Inspector, Maria Takis, arrived. By the author of Òscar and Lucinda'.
The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
$200.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
Out of 19th century Australia rides a hero of his people and a man for all nations: Ned Kelly, the son of poor Irish immigrants, viewed by the authorities as a thief (especially of horses) and, as a cold-blooded killer. To the people, though, he was a patriot hounded unfairly by rich English landlords a ...Show more
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey
$20.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
Humorous, allegorical novel centred on the life of Tristan Smith. Set in the mythical nations of Voorstand and Efica, it follows the adventures of Tristan, who is doomed never to be taller than three foot six. Includes maps, footnotes and glossary. Author's other novels include 'Bliss', 'Illywacker', an ...Show more
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
If you are not a citizen of Voorstand, you may not be familiar with the strange case of Tristan Smith and his illegal appropriation of Bruder Mouse. Even if you are a citizen of faraway Efica, you will only have heard rumours about the juggling, the somersaulting, the Burro Plasse tunnel, and the motel ...Show more
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
$20.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Reading Level: very good
: I don't know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time I had not only lost my 8-year-old son, but also my house and studio in Sydney where I had once b ...Show more