Peter Carey — Four Works by Peter Carey

London, Boston, Queensland, faber and faber; University of Queensland Press, 1991-2014 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition, first printing fiction works by Peter Carey in the original publisher's dust wrappers. First editions, first impressions of four works by award winning author Peter Carey in the original publisher's bindings and unclipped dust wrappers.Peter Carey is an Australian writer of fiction novels, non-fiction, screenplays and short stories. He was awarded the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda(1988) and True History of the Kelly Gang(2001). In 2008 he was nominated for Best of the Booker Prize.This collection of works includes the following in order of publication:The Tax Inspector (1991) tells the story of the events that occur after a tax inspector takes up a long-overdue investigation of a family business. The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith(1994) follows a boy who was born with a face defect and limb malformations. Includes nine pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear endpapers.Jack Maggs(1997) is set in nineteenth century London and is a reworking of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Prior owner"s ink inscription to the first free endpaper dated 1997.Amnesia (2014) is about a journalist investigating a young computer hacker, who attempted to open the doors of prison cells. In the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Some very minor shelf wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Very minor bumping to the heads and tails of the boards. This is the case more so to 'Tax Inspector', which is in near fine condition. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. The pages of 'Tax Inspector are slightly aged. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.