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A Love Story
by Peter CareyThis article relates to Theft
Peter Carey was born in Australia in 1943 (in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, about 30
miles from Melbourne). He attended Geelong Grammar School (one of
Australia's top private schools which at one time or another has been
responsible for educating many of the most powerful names in Australian business
and government). He left university
after a year having failed his science exams and found work as a copyrighter in
London (UK) and Melbourne - and eventually started his own agency. He published his first volume of short stories, War Crimes,
in 1979, followed by another volume of short stories, The Fat Man in History,
in 1980.
He then wrote three novels, Bliss (1981) - about an advertising executive
who has an out-of-body experience; Illywhacker (1985) - Australian history
told through the memoirs of a 100-year old confidence man or "illywhacker"; and
Oscar and Lucinda (1988).
In about 1991 he moved to New York with his wife and son, to teach creative
writing at the University of New York (where he still teaches). The Tax
Inspector was published in 1991, then came The Unusual Life of Tristran
Smith (1994); Jack Maggs (1997), True History of the Kelly Gang
(2001), My Life as a Fake (2003) and Theft (2006). His
books have won a great many awards including two Booker Prizes.
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This "beyond the book article" relates to Theft. It originally ran in May 2006 and has been updated for the May 2007 paperback edition. Go to magazine.
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