The Fat Man in History

by Peter Carey

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679743323
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/04/1993
Series:	Vintage International
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	700,230
Product dimensions:	5.22(w) x 7.97(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

PETER CAREY is the author of thirteen previous novels. In addition to the Booker Prize, his honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for more than twenty-five years.

Date of Birth:

May 7, 1943

Place of Birth:

Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia

Education:

Monash University (no degree)

Website:

http://www.petercareybooks.com

What People are Saying About This

Thomas Keneally

"Peter Carey is to Sydney what Joyce was to Dublin...An absolute master of language and of storytelling. Bet your money on him as one of the great figures on the cusp of the millennium.

Editorial Reviews

"Destined to (be) one of the most widely read and admired writers working in English." -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

Edmund White