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Wrong About Japan

Peter Carey

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.

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My Life as a Fake

Peter Carey

Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual…

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Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey

As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart - in love and politics, prisons and the world of art -…

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Fat Man in History

Peter Carey

A collection of short stories by Peter Carey. The stories are set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life.

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TO BE RELEASED IN CINEMAS 28TH FEBRUARY 2020 ‘Extraordinary . So mesmerising and moving.’ Mail on Sunday ‘Vastly entertaining.’ New York Times…

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Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK Law

Peter Carey

This leading handbook offers practical guidance on data protection issues within the UK. Now fully updated with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Brexit legislation, the handbook remains indispensable…

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Theft

Peter Carey

Ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant, two-time Booker Prize-winner Carey explores the themes of art, fraud, and redemption and the things people will do for art, for love, … and…

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Illywhacker

Peter Carey

Peter Carey’s brilliant, hilarious, Booker Prize-shortlisted Illywhacker is the novel that brought him to international intention. Herbert Badgery is vagabond and…

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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Peter Carey’s novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force…

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence…‘To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and…

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Bliss

Peter Carey

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.

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Jack Maggs

Peter Carey

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…

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Amnesia

Peter Carey

A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian Book of the Year When Gaby Baillieux, a young woman from suburban Melbourne, releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australia’s prison…

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Wrong About Japan

Peter Carey

With a father sharing his 12-year-old’s interest in Japanese manga and anime, so begins a journey that will lead them both to Tokyo where they meet manga artists and anime…

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Collected Stories

Peter Carey

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…

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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Peter Carey’s novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force…

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Illywhacker

Peter Carey

An illywhacker is a confidence trickster, and Herbert Badgery, the 139-year-old narrator of this dazzling comic novel, may be the king of them all.

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True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel

Peter Carey

Ned Kelly, the legendary 19th-century Australian folk-hero, describes how he, his brother, and two friends led authorities on a 20-month manhunt, marked by widespread populist support, before his capture and…

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A Study Guide for Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang

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A Study Guide for Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…

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An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

Peter Carey, LL.

""An Introductory Lecture On The Study Of English Law"" is a book written by Peter Stafford Carey and published in 1839. The book is a transcript of a lecture delivered…

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An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

Peter Carey, LL.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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Illywhacker

Peter Carey

Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 109-year-old Herbert Badgery, the ‘illywhacker’ or confidence trickster of the title.

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Illywhacker

Peter Carey

Illywhacker is a dazzling comic narrative, from the lips of the 109-year-old Herbert Badgery, the ‘illywhacker’ or confidence trickster of the title.

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An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

Peter Carey, LL.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and…

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Parrot And Olivier In America

Peter Carey

As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart - in love and politics, prisons and the world of art -…

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Parrot And Olivier In America

Peter Carey

As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart - in love and politics, prisons and the world of art -…

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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Peter Carey’s novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force…

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey’s stunning, Booker Prize-winning novel about Australia’s most famous outlaw. As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his ..

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey’s stunning, Booker Prize-winning novel about Australia’s most famous outlaw. As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his ..

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My Life as a Fake

Peter Carey

Sarah Wode-Douglas is an aristocratic woman who has made her living as the editor of the poetry magazine First Proof , until she impulsively follows a friend to Kuala Lumpur…

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Amnesia

Peter Carey

When Gaby Bailleux released the Angel Worm into Australia’s prison system, allowing hundreds of asylum seekers to walk free, she also let the cat out of the bag. The Americans…

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The Tax Inspector

Peter Carey

The day Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy, was also the day that Tax Inspector Maria Takis arrived to begin…

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Bliss

Peter Carey

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…

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Bliss

Peter Carey

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…

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Amnesia

Peter Carey

When Gaby Bailleux released the Angel Worm into Australia’s prison system, allowing hundreds of asylum seekers to walk free, she also let the cat out of the bag. The Americans…

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Jack Maggs

Peter Carey

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…

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The Tax Inspector

Peter Carey

The day Benny Catchprice was fired from the spare parts department of Catchprice Motors by his aunt Cathy, was also the day that Tax Inspector Maria Takis arrived to begin…

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My Life as a Fake

Peter Carey

Sarah Wode-Douglas is an aristocratic woman who has made her living as the editor of the poetry magazine First Proof , until she impulsively follows a friend to Kuala Lumpur…

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Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang: Introduction by Paul Giles

Peter Carey

A hardcover omnibus volume containing the two novels by Peter Carey that have won the Booker Prize: Oscar and Lucinda (first published by Harper & Row in 1988) and True…

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Jack Maggs

Peter Carey

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…

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey’s stunning, Booker Prize-winning novel about Australia’s most famous outlaw. As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his ..

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey’s stunning, Booker Prize-winning novel about Australia’s most famous outlaw. As he flees the police, Ned Kelly scribbles his ..

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The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Peter Carey

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.

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The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Peter Carey

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.

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Antarctica Cruising Guide: Includes Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Ross Sea

Peter Carey,Craig Franklin

Now packed with even more breathtaking colour photographs, wildlife descriptions, and detailed area maps, this updated fifth edition of this bestselling Antarctica travel guide includes fascinating, full accounts of interesting…

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An Introductory Lecture On the Study of English Law

Peter Stafford Carey

Get a solid introduction to English law with this engaging lecture by Peter Stafford Carey. Covering the basics of the country's legal system, this text is perfect for students and…

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An Introductory Lecture On the Study of English Law

Peter Stafford Carey

Get a solid introduction to English law with this engaging lecture by Peter Stafford Carey. Covering the basics of the country's legal system, this text is perfect for students and…

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With God and Love You Can Do Anything

Peter (Pete) Carey

WITH GOD (JESUS) AND LOVE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. I WROTE THIS BOOK TO HONOR GOD AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE MY WIFE ANGELA F.CAREY. I CERTAINLY DIDN’T DESERVE…

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Wrong About Japan

My Life as a Fake

Parrot and Olivier in America

Fat Man in History

True History of the Kelly Gang

Data Protection: A Practical Guide to UK Law

Theft

Illywhacker

Oscar and Lucinda

True History of the Kelly Gang

Bliss

Jack Maggs

Amnesia

Wrong About Japan

Collected Stories

Oscar and Lucinda

Illywhacker

True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel

A Study Guide for Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang

An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

Illywhacker

Illywhacker

An Introductory Lecture on the Study of English Law: Delivered in University College, London, on Monday, December 17, 1838 (1839)

Parrot And Olivier In America

Parrot And Olivier In America

Oscar and Lucinda

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang

My Life as a Fake

Amnesia

The Tax Inspector

Bliss

Bliss

Amnesia

Jack Maggs

The Tax Inspector

My Life as a Fake

Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang: Introduction by Paul Giles

Jack Maggs

True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang

The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Antarctica Cruising Guide: Includes Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Ross Sea

An Introductory Lecture On the Study of English Law

An Introductory Lecture On the Study of English Law

With God and Love You Can Do Anything

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