Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang von Carey, Peter

Michael »Butcher« Bone, einst erfolgreicher Avantgarde-Künstler, bleibt nach einer scheußlichen Scheidung nichts mehr. Zusammen mit seinem behinderten 220-Pfund schweren Bruder Hugh, sitzt er in der australischen Provinz. Der Alkohol...

What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush townhouse in Great Queen Street? And why is Jack himself an object of such interest to Tobias Oates, celebrated author, amateur...

Peter Carey's astonishing debut novel is a fast-moving extravaganza, both funny and gripping, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell.

Peter Carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the Booker Prize-winning titles Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang. He is also a dazzling writer of short stories. This volume collects together all the...

Kurzbeschreibung This novel, by the author of "Oscar and Lucinda", tells the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes...

Peter Carey's Booker Prize-winning historical novel set in Victorian times in a "Faber Modern Classics" edition. von Carey, Peter

Narrated by the twin voices of the artist Butcher Bones, and his 'damaged two-hundred-and-twenty-pound brother' Hugh, Theft: A Love Story once again displays Peter Carey's extraordinary flair for language. Ranging from the rural wilds of...

Her employer at the museum, aware of Catherine's grief, gives her a special project - to piece together both the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse...

In a stunning memoir-cum-travelogue Peter Carey charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion for Japanese Manga and anime, and explores his own resulting re-evaluation of Japan. Although graphically violent and disturbing, the two...

"The Big Bazoohley" ist ein Kinderbuch von Peter Carey, das sich auf die Abenteuer eines kleinen Jungen namens Sam Kellow konzentriert. Die Familie Kellow hat finanzielle Schwierigkeiten und Sam träumt davon, sie durch den Gewinn des...

"The Chemistry of Tears" von Peter Carey ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte von Catherine Gehrig, einer konservativen Kuratorin in einem Londoner Museum, erzählt. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres langjährigen Geliebten und Kollegen Henry...