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The Fat Man in History and Other Stories

By Peter Carey
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The Fat Man in History and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Peter Carey that delves into intriguing and often surreal scenarios. Each story explores themes of identity, power, and transformation with a touch of dark humour and satirical insights. The tales are woven with Carey's distinctive narrative style, offering readers a unique glimpse into the bizarre and unexpected corners of human experience.
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This captivating collection of twelve short stories by Peter Carey offers a blend of imaginative scenarios, dark humour, and insightful social commentary. You might enjoy this book if you appreciate inventive fiction that probes deep into the human condition, exploring themes of identity, power, and absurdity in surprising and thought-provoking ways.

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The Fat Man in History and Other Stories

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The Fat Man in History and Other Stories combines Peter Carey's brilliant, bizarre, and chilling short stories from The Fat Man in History and War Crimes, with the addition of three stories not found in either collection.

The stories from The Fat Man in History explore intriguing 'what-if' scenarios. The title story, for instance, imagines a world where a post-Marxist utopia deems obesity to be counter-revolutionary, prompting a household of fat men to devise a form of retaliation.

Meanwhile, the stories from War Crimes delve into various aspects of power. They examine those who wield it, those who crave it, and those who reminisce upon its dazzling exhilarations or deprivations.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760896560

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: 35.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 426g

Pages: 464

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Peter Carey

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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