My life as a fake: a novel
(Book)
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Published:
New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2003.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st American ed.
Physical Desc:
265 pages ; 25 cm.
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Description
Peter Carey's My Life as a Fake is a moral labyrinth constructed around the uneasy relationship between literature and lying. In steamy, fetid Kuala Lumpur in 1972, Sarah Wode-Douglass, the editor of a London poetry journal, meets a mysterious Australian named Christopher Chubb. Chubb is a despised literary hoaxer, carting around a manuscript likely filled with deceit. But in this dubious manuscript, Sarah recognizes a work of real genius. But whose genius? As Sarah tries to secure the manuscript, Chubb draws her into a fantastic story of imposture, murder, kidnapping, and exile, a story that couldn't be true unless its teller were mad. My Life as a Fake is Carey at his most audacious and entertaining.
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction
Carey, Peter (My Life)
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC CAREY
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New London Adult Fiction
FIC CAREY
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0375414983
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APA Citation (style guide)
Carey, P. (2003). My life as a fake: a novel. 1st American ed. New York, A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Carey, Peter, 1943-. 2003. My Life As a Fake: A Novel. New York, A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Carey, Peter, 1943-, My Life As a Fake: A Novel. New York, A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Carey, Peter. My Life As a Fake: A Novel. 1st American ed. New York, A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2003.
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