Книга: Carey, Peter «Amnesia (изд. 2015 г. )»

Amnesia (изд. 2015 г. )

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

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 ran the prisons, like so many parts of her country, and so the doors of some 5000 American places of incarceration also opened. Both countries` secrets threatened to pour out. Was this a mistake, or had Gaby declared cyberwar on the US? Felix Moore - known to himself as `Australia`s last serving left wing journalist` - has no doubt. Her act was part of the covert conflict between Australia and America. That conflict dates back to the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane in 1943, stretches forward to America`s security interests in Pine Gap and commercial interests everywhere, and has as its most outrageous act the coup of 1975. Funded by his property-developer mate Woody Townes, Felix is going to write Gaby`s biography, to save her, and himself, and maybe his country. But how to get Gaby to co-operate? What... ISBN:9780571311217

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2015)

ISBN: 9780571311217

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Carey, Peter

▪ Australian author
in full  Peter Philip Carey  
born May 7, 1943, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

      Australian writer known for use of the surreal in his short stories and novels.

      Carey attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School and studied for a year at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria. He worked as an advertising copywriter and at various other odd jobs in Australia and England until 1988, when he became a full-time writer. His collections of short stories, The Fat Man in History (1974; U.K. title, Exotic Pleasures) and War Crimes (1979), exhibit many grotesque and macabre elements. His novels Bliss (1981; filmed 1985), Illywhacker (1985), and Oscar and Lucinda (1988; filmed 1997) are more realistic, though Carey used black humour throughout all three. The later novels are based on the history of Australia, especially its founding and early days. His other works include The Tax Inspector (1991), The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994), Jack Maggs (1997), and True History of the Kelly Gang (2000), a fictional account of the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly (Kelly, Ned). My Life as a Fake (2003) and Theft (2006) explore issues of authenticity in literature and art. His Illegal Self (2008) relates the story of Che, the son of radical students who left him with a wealthy grandmother, from whom he is seized and then taken on a continent-spanning journey with the ostensible purpose of reuniting with his parents. Carey received the Booker Prize in 1988 and 2001 for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang, respectively.

Additional Reading
Karen Lamb, Peter Carey: The Genesis of Fame (1992); Anthony J. Hassall, Dancing on Hot Macadam: Peter Carey's Fiction, 3rd ed. (1998).

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