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Peter Carey (Author)

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Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and now lives in New York. He is the author of eleven novels, (including one for children), three 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).

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Book Cover: Chemistry of Tears
Chemistry of Tears
By Peter Carey
The Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love and loss that is both wildly entertaining and profoundly moving, simultaneously delicate and anarchic, at its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breathe such life into . . . 
The Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love and loss that is both wildly entertaining and profoundly moving, simultaneously delicate and anarchic, at its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breathe such life into . . . 
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Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742534527
Book Cover: Parrot and Olivier in America
Parrot and Olivier in America
By Peter Carey
Shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the People's Choice Award.
Shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the People's Choice Award.
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Published: 26/10/2009
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742286815
Book Cover: Parrot and Olivier in America
Parrot and Olivier in America
By Peter Carey
Shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the People's Choice Award.
Shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the People's Choice Award.
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Published: 31/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143203520
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Chemistry of Tears
The Chemistry of Tears
By Peter Carey
The Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love and loss that is both wildly entertaining and profoundly moving, simultaneously delicate and anarchic, at its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breathe such life into . . . 
The Chemistry of Tears is a portrait of love and loss that is both wildly entertaining and profoundly moving, simultaneously delicate and anarchic, at its heart is an image only the masterful Peter Carey could breathe such life into . . . 
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Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781926428154
RRP: $39.95
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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