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Bliss

By Peter Carey
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Bliss by Peter Carey delves into the life of Harry Joy, a man who faces an existential crisis after a near-death experience. Realising that his seemingly idyllic life is riddled with superficiality and deception, Harry embarks on a quest for truth and genuine happiness, often encountering surreal and darkly comic situations. This exploration leads him to question the boundaries between reality and illusion.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate darkly humorous tales that explore themes of enlightenment and self-discovery. The story follows a peculiar journey after a man's near-death experience, combining satirical commentary on suburban life with surreal elements. If you’re intrigued by narratives that challenge perceptions of reality and blend the ordinary with the fantastical, this novel could be a fascinating read for you.

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Bliss, Peter Carey's first novel and Miles Franklin winner, remains a work ahead of its time.

It takes dying during a heart attack for Harry Joy to realise that the life he thought was happy is actually hellish. His wife is a cheat, his kids are a source of shame, and his company spruiks carcinogens. While Harry is resuscitated, he will never be the same, for having seen his own misery, he can no longer deny the injustice around him.

But before he can be redeemed, a whole new perdition awaits him in this darkly funny and prescient fable about the idiocy of defiling nature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760896546

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 372g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and now lives in New York. He is the author of fourteen novels (including one for children), two volumes of short stories, and two books on travel. Amongst other prizes, Carey has won the Booker Prize twice (for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang), the Commonwealth Writers' Prize twice (for Jack Maggs and True History of the Kelly Gang), and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times (for Bliss, Oscar and Lucinda and Jack Maggs). He is an officer of the Order of Australia and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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