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The Fat Man in History

The Fat Man in History

Peter Carey

The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny.
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The stories in Peter Carey's collection are bizarre, funny and chilling. Their landscape is exotic and surreal, an ominous near-future that has the distinct feel of contemporary life. Carey's narratives are an exhilarating blend of fable, fantasy and allegory in which, as in dreams, something odd and menacing takes control.

Here are societies in which people gamble for new bodies in a genetic lottery or watch apprehensively as first buildings, then parts of the landscape, and eventually their neighbours, begin to dematerialise and vanish. Here is what happens when a miniature replica of a small town and its inhabitants assumes a more compelling reality than its original or when a group of fat men, ostracised by a revolutionary government, plot its overthrow.

Product Description

Title - The Fat Man in History

Edition -

Author - Peter Carey

ISBN 13 - 9780571144389

Imprint - Faber & Faber

Publisher - Faber & Faber

Date Published - 04/03/2002

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 126 x 196 x 15mm

Weight - 170 g

Languages - English