Peter Carey [Paperback]

This is a revised and expanded edition of Woodcock's accessible study, now including detailed readings of Carey's latest novels, 'Jack Maggs' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'.

Ackowledgements

Series Editor's Foreword

Chronology

1. Contexts and intertexts

2. The stories

3. Bliss (1981)

4. Illywhacker (1985)

5. Oscar and Lucinda (1988)

6. The Tax Inspector (1991)

7. The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994) and The Big Bazoohley (1995)

8. Jack Maggs (1997)

9. True History of the Kelly Gang (2001)

10. Critical overview and conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Bruce Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Hull