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Peter carey is justly renowned for his novels, which have included the booker prizewinning titles oscar and lucinda and true history of the. Robert adamson, the australian a commanding writer with a laser eye for detail and luxuriant narrative gifts. Carey has produced mostly amazing work ever since, but these short stories. Collected stories by peter carey penguin random house canada. Collected stories by peter carey paperback book for sale. Peter carey is one of the great storytellers of our time, the kind who makes you take the telephone off the hook, forget the television and ignore the doorbell. The collection, written in the style of magic realism, uses disjointed time and unresolved narratives, with plots that shift and change focus mid story. Since the original edition of this book, carey s fiction has reached a far wider international audience. He is the author of the highly acclaimed selection of short stories, the fat man in history and of six novels bliss, illywhacker shortlisted for the booker prize, oscar and l. While wellwritten, peter careyc collected stories just arent for me. For the first time, booker prizewinner peter carey s dazzling stories are gathered in one volume. London evening standard careys imagination is fired with genius. Bound together with his critically acclaimed collection, the fat man in history, are seventeen fantastic and disturbing tales previously unpublished in canada. About the author peter carey received the booker prize for oscar and lucinda and again for true history of the kelly gang.