Peter Carey

5 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Peter Carey may refer to:Peter Carey, Australian rules player for Glenelg Peter Carey, English footballer Peter Carey (historian), British historian of south-east Asia Peter Carey (novelist), Australian novelist Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules umpire "Black Peter" Carey, a fictional character in The Adventure of Black Peter, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books by Peter Carey

5 books available

True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey
3.8 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Ned Kelly, Australia's most infamous bushranger, reclaims his story through raw, unpunctuated prose, shifting his image from an outlaw into a misunderstood folk hero shaped by colonial injustice and family silence.
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey
3.7 (20k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a world of Victorian constraints, a scrupulous clergyman and a rebellious heiress, both compulsive gamblers, risk everything on a glass church and an undeclared love that defies societal odds.
Parrot and Olivier in America
Peter Carey
3.4 (7k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A reclusive French aristocrat, haunted by revolution, journeys through early 19th-century America, observed and illustrated by his enigmatic English companion, Parrot.
Theft
Peter Carey
3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A disgraced Australian artist, caught in a web of forgery and a volatile romance, faces the true cost of creation and the redemptive power of love as he travels from rural Australia to urban galleries worldwide.
Illywhacker
Peter Carey
3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A 139-year-old con artist tells a fantastic, century-long story of aviators, inventors, and the magic of Australian dreaming.