ISBN: 9781740512466 (23 résultats)

Etat : FINE. First printing. Using a real literary hoax that transfixed Australia in Carey's boyhood, this is a novel of literary forgery and obsession which ranges from Melbourne to Malaysia, to Bali, to Sumatra and Java. Author's note. 280 pp. Ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated endpapers. Very good in a fine dustjacket (toning to edges of textblock, shelfwear to bottom edge of boards).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Australian Editon. Two time Booker prize winner. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Small indentation to front board and some light tanning, else appears unread. Jacket is fine. First impression 10987654321 present.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A tight, bright copy of the first Australian (and true first) edition. Original ribbed white boards, with title in maroon and credit in hot pink to spine, 280 pages, fore-edge pages rough cut, maroon silk place-market, photographically illustrated and hot-pink endpapers. Carey uses the Ern Malley literary hoax as a starting place for his narrative which moves from Melbourne to 'the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur.'.…

Hardback. Etat : Good. In Melbourne in the 1930s, a conservative young poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at 24 and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only does the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor is prosecuted for publishing obscenity. During the trial, someone uncannily resembling the man in the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle leaps to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb is confronted by the malevolent being he himself has manufactured. Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker; pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. Front cover is a little stained, pages have foxed, still in good readable condition. 290 pages.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Australian Edition. 24 cm x 15 cm. 280 pp.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. A tight, bright copy of the first Australian (and true first) edition.Original ribbed white boards, with title in maroon and credit in hot pink to spine, 280 pages, fore-edge pages uncut, maroon silk place-market, photographically illustrated and hot-pink endpapers. Carey uses the Ern Malley literary hoax as a starting place for his narrative which moves from Melbourne to 'the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur.'.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition.

8vo, 280pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Signed by Carey.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Signed.

Hardcover (Printed Boards). Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 19091. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 280 pages. Dj chippedMY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part inspired by Mary Shel ley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pur sues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize win ning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chub b, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetr y, to publish in (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central s tory of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950 s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity . Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he subm itted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poe t of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entire ly the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the ho ax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the man in the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle l eapt to his feet. At that moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malev olent being he had himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explo res how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursui ng Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. An.…

Hard Cover. Etat : F-. Etat de la jaquette : VG+. First Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original cream boards, uncut (paperstock a little toned, trifling fray to fore-edge) in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & sunned, discreet silverfish track to spine); pp. [viii (last blank)], 280, with pictorial endpapers. A very good copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Australian Edition. 24 cm x 15 cm. 280 pp.

Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Peter Carey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish in (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and enti. Hardback.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed and dated by the author at publication on the title page. With publisher's promotional postcard laid in. White paper-covered boards with ribbon marker bound in. 280 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Etat : F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original cream boards, uncut (paperstock a little toned, as usual) in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & marked); pp. [viii (last blank)], 280, with pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy. Flatsigned to title page by the author, 'Peter Carey'. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. An ode to fakery. Book is in excellent condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st. Signed hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

hardback with dustjacket. 1st edition. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish it (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle, leapt to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malevolent being he has himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. MY LIFE AS A FAKE has all the Carey trademarks and more: an irresistible narrator, a tragi-comic anti-hero, a world that is so familiar yet utterly strange and disorienting, and a story that keeps you reading way past your bedtime. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a manic, endearing and penetrating ode to fakery at its most truthful and truth at its most fake, a novel that penetrates to the heart of the alchemy of literature itself. KNOFT, 2003, First edition of this book in as pristine, unread condition. I could not describe this book in any other way than to say"äs brand new". Scans available if required.…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good +. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. No chips or tears to dj. Scan available on request.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition, uncut(deckled) pages, some minor staining to leaves, protected by an archival cover.

Hardcover. First edition, First printing. Octavo, 280 pages. In Very Good condition with a Near Fine dust jacket. Pictorial monochrome spine with pink and red text. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering with a white numbered sticker on front cover. Boards show minor wear on tail edge. Text block shows mild age toning on head edge. Signed flat by Peter Carey on title page. Shelved in hallway. Scarce Australian Edition. 1387571. Special Collections.…