The Fat Man in History

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.

Edmund White

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

One of our most acclaimed authors, two-time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey s novels temper feats of imagination and language with a solid grounding in history and literature. Through his novels, many of which re-imagine the peopling and history of his native Australia, Carey has garnered renown as a novelist who can write about important subjects in a voice both readable and distinctly challenging.