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The stories in this collection were first published in The Fat Man in History (UQP 1974) and War Crimes (UQP 1979).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
c
England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Faber
, 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The Fat Man in History, single work short story
- Peeling, single work short story
- Do You Love Me?, single work short story
- The Chance, single work short story science fiction
- The Puzzling Nature of Blue, single work short story
- Exotic Pleasures, single work short story
- The Last Days of a Famous Mime, single work short story
- A Windmill in the West, single work short story
- American Dreams, single work short story
- War Crimes, single work short story
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Fat Man in History, single work short story (p. 7-32)
- Peeling, single work short story (p. 33-43)
- Do You Love Me?, single work short story (p. 44-54)
- The Chance, single work short story science fiction (p. 55-90)
- The Puzzling Nature of Blue, single work short story (p. 91-112)
- Exotic Pleasures, single work short story (p. 113-134)
- The Last Days of a Famous Mime, single work short story (p. 135-139)
- A Windmill in the West, single work short story (p. 140-150)
- American Dreams, single work short story (p. 151-162)
- War Crimes, single work short story (p. 163-192)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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What I’m Reading
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2017; -
On Stealing Books : A Guilty Memoir
2014
single work
prose
— Appears in: One Page : Brisbane , February/March vol. 1 no. 2/3 2014; (p. 5-6) -
Peter Carey's Short Stories : Trapped in a Narrative Labyrinth
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Fabulating Beauty : Perspectives on the Fiction of Peter Carey 2005; (p. 117-136) Schulze considers situations of confinement in some of Carey's short stories, 'laying special emphasis on Carey's strategy of entrapping his readers in narrative labyrinths, a manoeuvre [seen as] having a didactic purpose: that of increasing one's awareness of linguistic manipulation' (Introduction to Fabulating Beauty xxx). -
Finding Affection and Attachment When Orthodox Love is Withheld
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 11 April 1999; (p. 18)
— Review of The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 February 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story
-
A Whole In One, by Jeeves!
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 September 1990; (p. 76)
— Review of A Body of Water : A Year's Notebook 1990 selected work autobiography short story poetry diary ; The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Celebrate UQP Revisionism
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 18 no. 1 1999; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Johnno : A Novel 1975 single work novel ; The Moment Made Marvellous : A Celebration of UQP Poetry 1998 anthology poetry ; Celebration of the Senses 1984 selected work autobiography essay ; The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 February 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Finding Affection and Attachment When Orthodox Love is Withheld
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 11 April 1999; (p. 18)
— Review of The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Galactic Races
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Times (London) , 19 October 1980;
— Review of The Fat Man in History 1980 selected work short story -
Peter Carey's Short Stories : Trapped in a Narrative Labyrinth
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Fabulating Beauty : Perspectives on the Fiction of Peter Carey 2005; (p. 117-136) Schulze considers situations of confinement in some of Carey's short stories, 'laying special emphasis on Carey's strategy of entrapping his readers in narrative labyrinths, a manoeuvre [seen as] having a didactic purpose: that of increasing one's awareness of linguistic manipulation' (Introduction to Fabulating Beauty xxx). -
Reading Lesson: "The Fat Man in History," Teaching and Deconstructive Theory
1985
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Span , October no. 21 1985; (p. 38-55) -
Peter Carey's Latest Gamble
Greg Manning
(interviewer),
1988
single work
biography
interview
criticism
— Appears in: The Book Magazine , Winter vol. 2 no. 1 1988; (p. 3-6) -
Peter Carey : A Portrait of Electricity
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 133 1991; (p. 18-19) -
The Commonwealth Comeback
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Times (Higher Education Supplement) , 12 February 1982; (p. 11)
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