This peter carey is the australian born author who won the booker prize twice. Peter carey is the author of thirteen previous novels and is a twotime winner of the booker prize. Carey s book is afire with passion, both love and loathing. Its colorful means keep us at one remove from the central action. This article relates to theft peter carey was born in australia in 1943 in bacchus marsh, victoria, about 30 miles from melbourne. I acquired theft from my hubby, in the sense that i rescued it when hed earmarked it for the charity box. Peter carey told by the twin voices of the artist, butcher bones, and his damaged twohundredandtwentypound brother hugh, it recounts their adventures and troubles after butchers plummeting prices and. The australian protagonist of peter careys ninth novel is a wildman artist. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Carey won his first booker prize in 1988 for oscar and lucinda, and won for the second time in 2001 with true history of the kelly gang. While this isnt his best, his good novels tend to kick the arse of most other writers. The guardian books podcast peter carey in conversation books podcast in this guardian live event, the double booker winner talks about his new novel a.
He won the booker prize for oscar and lucinda and for the true history of the kelly gang. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Born in australia, he has lived in new york city for more than twenty. Here, the results are uneven, largely because carey has made some errant choices. A love story is a novel by australian writer peter carey.
Careys book is afire with passion, both love and loathing. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Theft by peter carey by peter carey by peter carey by peter carey. A love story by carey, peter from amazons fiction books store. A love story once again displays peter careys extraordinary flair for language. Lucinda, an australian heiress, consults joseph paxton, architect of londons crystal palace, and then she and oscar, a clergyman, set out to erect a glass churchin darkest new south wales. Theft by peter carey, 9780307276483, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. His other honors include the commonwealth writers prize and the miles franklin literary award. Patrick ness on peter careys theft, a great novel that gets right up his nose. A love story, by peter carey the new york times book. Theft by author peter carey was a nominee for the 2006 booker prize. A love story is one of peter carey s most searingly inventive novels yet. Or as peter carey ends his new novel, how do you know how much.
A love story, is about just such issues of authenticity and. It is certainly a love story but that did not begin until midway through the shitty stuff, by which time i had not only lost my eightyearold son, but also my house and studio in sydney where i had once been about as famous as a painter could expect in his own backyard. He refuses to avoid good jokes, and cannot resist taking the piss out of his. Patrick ness on peter careys theft, a great novel that gets right up his nose patrick ness fri 26 may 2006 19. Carey is one of only five writers to have won the booker prize twicethe others being j. As in that book, the real subject carey s abiding subject, addressed in novel after novel is the. Peter careys bilious protagonist michael butcher boone is the intellectual. Written by peter carey, audiobook narrated by stan pretty. Michael butcher boone is an exreally famous painter, now reduced to living in a remote country house and acting as caretaker for his younger brother, hugh.
Twotime bookerwinner carey oscar and lucinda and true history of the kelly gang returns with a magnificent highstakes art heist wrapped around a fraternal saga. For, as peter carey makes abundantly clear in this darkly funny novel, death is sometimes a necessary prelude to real life. He is known to have written many standalone books in his career till date. It won the 2006 vance palmer prize, the victorian premiers literary award prize for fiction. The jovial cynicism of theft, and its poststructuralist scepticism about the necessary presence of the author in a work of art, seem rather easy achievements for carey, not least because he dealt with them so nimbly in my life as a fake. In addition to the booker prize, his honors include the commonwealth writers prize and the miles franklin literary award. Having read peter carey before true history of the kelly gang, the tax. Theft is told through the alternating points of view of the brothersbutchers urbane, intelligent, caustic observations contrasting with hughs bizarre, frequently poetic voice. I dont know if my story is grand enough to be a tragedy, although a lot of shitty stuff did happen. From the twotime booker prizewinning author and recipient of the commonwealth prize comes this new. If you are making art, says a character in peter carey s magnificent new novel theft. Peter carey is the author of thirteen previous novels.
Australian book industry awards abia, australian literary fiction book of the. There is a peter carey who is a realtor, and a peter carey who is a priest. May 23, 2006 the awardwinning australian novelist peter carey is known. A love story the labour never ends, no peace, no sabbath, just eternal churning and cursing and. Pdf theft book by peter carey free download 269 pages. Part the wizard of oz, part dantes inferno, and part australian book of the dead, bliss is a triumph of uninhibited storytelling from a writer of extravagan gifts. His biggest collector sets him up as caretaker of his country estate in. A love story by peter carey and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He attended geelong grammar school one of australias 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. Carey has won the miles franklin award three times and is frequently named as australias next contender for the nobel prize in literature. A love story is a literary tourdeforce, a brilliant book, a witty spoof on the art world, a tale of two brothers and a story about love, a story taking us from australia to japan and to new york, to sum it up.
Later in the book, butcher will refer to the german bachelor as dear little queeny bruno bauhaus. But its the authors mastery of details of artists lives and the racy. Ranging from the rural wilds of australia to manhattan via tokyo, it is a brilliant and moving exploration of art, fraud. Ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant, theft is twotime booker prizewinner peter carey s master class on the things people will do for art, for. Tall tales, straightout lies and hoaxes are themes that run through carey s novels, along with a tendency to mix fact and fantasy. Australian author peter carey, winner of the booker prize both in 1988 for oscar and lucinda and 2001 for true history of the kelly gang, mines the pricey world of modern art in his latest novel, theft. It tells the story of two brothers, one a once successful artist newly released from jail and his mentallychallenged brother. Theft is the story of michael butcher boone, an australian artist, whose career is having an early, and comprehensive twilight.
His list of popular works also comprise of several collections of short stories, juvenile fiction and nonfiction novels, screenplays, and stage shows. Learn more about carey s life and work, including his other notable books. A love story, set in australia and new york city michael boone is a formerly famous artist. Carey, a different breed of author, cant resist these temptations, and the best parts of theft. Narrated by the twin voices of the artist butcher bones, and his damaged twohundredandtwentypound brother hugh, theft.
Best of peter carey score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Peter carey ferocious and funny, penetrating and exuberant, theft is twotime booker prizewinner peter careys master class on the things people will do for art, for love. Peter carey is a reputed australian author known for writing historical fiction and cultural novels. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 269 pages and is available in unknown binding format. Peter carey s theft will arrest your attention fresh air. A love story once again displays peter carey s extraordinary flair for language. In what ways does marlene manipulate michael in order to pull off her various crimes.