Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. He is one of only five writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being...
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Jack Maggs (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Jack Maggs (1997) is a novel by Australian novelist Peter Carey. Set in 19th century London, Jack Maggs is a reworking of the Charles Dickens novel Great...
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footballer Peter Carey (historian) (born 1948), British historian of south-east Asia Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian novelist Peter Carey (umpire)...
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Oscar and Lucinda (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey. It won the 1988 Booker Prize the year it was released, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award...
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True History of the Kelly Gang (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
True History of the Kelly Gang is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in...
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historian Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian prize-winning novelist Philip J. Carey (1918–1996), American politician and judge Rea Carey (born...
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Bliss (novel) (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Bliss is the first novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. Published in 1981, the book won that year's Miles Franklin Award. Written as a dark, comic...
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My Life as a Fake (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
My Life as a Fake is a 2003 novel by Australian writer Peter Carey based on the Ern Malley hoax of 1943, in which two poets created a fictitious poet...
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Illywhacker (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985 to commercial and critical success, winning a number of awards and being...
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Theft: A Love Story (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Theft: A Love Story is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It won the 2006 Vance Palmer Prize, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award prize for...
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Amnesia is a 2014 novel by Australian author Peter Carey. The novel follows the story of journalist Felix Moore who is writing an investigative piece...
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The Tax Inspector (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
The Tax Inspector is a 1991 novel by Peter Carey, published in Australia by the University of Queensland Press, in the UK by Faber & Faber and, at the...
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Parrot and Olivier in America (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
Parrot and Olivier in America is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. It was...
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His Illegal Self (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
His Illegal Self is a 2008 novel by Australian author Peter Carey. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and longlisted...
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John Bannon, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992) (died 2015) Peter Carey, novelist 17 May – Johnny Warren (died 2004), soccer player and coach 19 May...
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30 Days in Sydney (category Books by Peter Carey (novelist))
30 Days in Sydney is a book written by Australian novelist Peter Carey. It was published in 2001 and is subtitled A Wildly Distorted Account. Superficially...
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The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith is a novel by the Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published by the University of Queensland Press in Australia...
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of Boston Uruguay Albert Bourla Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Greece Peter Carey Novelist and Professor, Hunter College Australia Vija Celmins Visual Artist...
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The Chemistry of Tears (category Novels by Peter Carey (novelist))
The Chemistry of Tears is a 2012 novel by Australian author Peter Carey. Catherine Gehrig is a middle-aged horologist working in "the Georgian halls"...
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Wrong About Japan (category Books by Peter Carey (novelist))
Wrong about Japan is a 2005 book by Peter Carey. It is subtitled A Father's Journey with his Son. Superficially a piece of travel writing, Wrong About...
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Canales - writer, activist Rosario Candela - influential architect Peter Carey - novelist Tina Chang - poet John Henrik Clarke - historian Buck Clayton -...
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starring Alan Badel as Philip Gosse. Father and Son partially inspired Peter Carey (novelist)'s 1988 novel Oscar and Lucinda. It won the Booker Prize in 1988...
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Wilkins Farago book publishing house is founded in Melbourne. Peter Carey (novelist) won the Miles Franklin Award for Jack Maggs 2 May – Fox Studios...
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Mike Carey (born 1959), also known by his pen name M. R. Carey, is a British writer of comic books, novels and films, whose credits include the long-running...
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were the only two authors at that time to have won the Booker twice, Peter Carey and J. M. Coetzee, nominated for their novels Oscar & Lucinda (1988)...
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historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1998. Peter Carey (novelist) won the Miles Franklin Award for Jack Maggs The NSW Premier's Literary...
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– Paul Jennings, writer for children (born in England) 7 May – Peter Carey, novelist 17 May – Robert Adamson, poet (died 2022) 19 June – Barry Hill,...
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Rosa Nouchette Carey (27 September 1840 – 9 July 1909) was an English children's writer and popular novelist, whose works reflected the values of her...
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by Dano and Zoe Kazan, based on the 1990 novel by Richard Ford. It stars Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal (who also co-produced), Ed Oxenbould, and Bill...
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This is a list of novelists from England writing for adults and young adults. Please add only one novel title or comment on fiction per name. Other genres...
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