The Fat Man in History, and other stories - Hardcover

Carey, Peter.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394510720 ISBN 13: 9780394510729

Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE. NY 1980, 1980

Synopsis

One of Australia's most highly regarded novelists...accomplished, surehanded." -- Newsday

If, in some post-Marxist utopia, obesity were declared counterrevolutionary, how would a houseful of fat men strike back? If it were possible to win a new body by lottery, what kind of people would choose ugliness? If two gun-toting thugs decided to take over a business -- and run it through sheer terror -- how far would their methods take them?

These are the questions that Peter Carey, author of The Tax Inspector and Oscar and Lucinda, brilliantly explores in this collection of stories. Exquisitely written and thoroughly envisioned, the tales in The Fat Man in History reach beyond their arresting premises to utter deep and often frightening truths about our brightest and darkest selves.

"Destined to [be] one of the most widely read and admired writers working in English."

-- Edmund White, The Times Literary Supplement (London)

"Marvelous!" -- Boston Globe

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A landmark in contemporary Australian literature, The Fat Man in History brought early acclaim to Peter Carey for his brilliant and ingenious fiction. These twelve stories introduce visionary landscapes of intense clarity, where the rules of the game are bizarre yet chillingly familiar.

About this edition

• Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE. NY 1980
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0394510720
• ISBN 13: 9780394510729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186