My Life As a Fake
by CAREY, Peter
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1740512464
- ISBN 13
- 9781740512466
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About This Item
Milsons Point NSW: Knopf Random House Australia, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Hardcover : pp. [viii] 280 : white ribbed boards : pink and red lettering to spine : ribbon marker : pictorial and bright pink endpapers :illustrated jacket designed by Jenny Grigg : untrimmed fore-edge : publisher's promotional postcard for the book loosely inserted as well as a two-page colour and black and white media release indicating a publishing date of 1 August 2003.
Toned block edges; small rub spot to lower board edge at head. Novel loosely-based on the Ern Malley affair. Mixing fact and fiction, Carey examines the events from the perspective of the hoaxers and actually borrows lines from the 'Angry Penguins'. Shortlisted for a host of awards including the Miles Franklin.
Toned block edges; small rub spot to lower board edge at head. Novel loosely-based on the Ern Malley affair. Mixing fact and fiction, Carey examines the events from the perspective of the hoaxers and actually borrows lines from the 'Angry Penguins'. Shortlisted for a host of awards including the Miles Franklin.
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
- Archives Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6053
- Title
- My Life As a Fake
- Author
- CAREY, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1740512464
- ISBN 13
- 9781740512466
- Publisher
- Knopf Random House Australia
- Place of Publication
- Milsons Point NSW
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- FICTION AUSTRALIA ERN MALLEY ANGRY PENGUINS AUSTRALIAN NOVELS LITERATURE NOISBN
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