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My Life As a Fake
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1740512464
- ISBN 13
- 9781740512466
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Random House -- Knopf Australia, Sydney, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Crimson Place ribbon, photographic paste downs, hot pink free end pages, photographic dust jacket. untrimmed fore edge. "Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts, and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur." – from front fold over panel blurb. the top and front edges of the text block have aged, and darkened from exposure to light. There is no other damage to detail. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. Inventory No: 0274020. . 9781740512466
Synopsis
Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda , and again for True History of the Kelly Gang . His other honors include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The author of seven previous novels and a collection of stories, he was born in Australia in 1943 and now lives in New York City. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0274020
- Title
- My Life As a Fake
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1740512464
- ISBN 13
- 9781740512466
- Publisher
- Random House -- Knopf Australia
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BZDB2 novel, fake, poetry, Australia Literature & Literary; Unbranded ISBN: 1740512464 EAN: 9781740512466 Carey, Peter My Life As a Fake
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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