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Published by Random House, Incorporated, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Published by Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.
Published by Random House, Incorporated, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Knopf / Random House, Milsons Point, New South Wales, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sepia photographic and pages along with pink free end pages  please see photograph. White coloured boards with pink and red coloured titles to the back strip. Maroon coloured faux silk place marker with frayed ends. Photographic, sepia, dustwrapper (wraparound)with pink and dark red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Sepia toned photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In very conservative Melbourne of the 1940s a young poet, Christopher Chubb, creates a mythical poet of raw power and sexual frankness  Bob McCorkle, and a body of work  and submits said poetry to the most avant-garde of literary magazines. The magazine publishes this poetry and is then prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial, a man, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the mythical Bob McCorkle leaps to his feet and ". At this moment a horrified Chubb is confronted by the malevolent being he has himself manufactured." -- from front fold over panel blurb. The manufactured Bob McCorkle haunts his creator, even following him to Kuala Lumpur, eventually destroying him. Softening of the back strip edges with uniform tanning of the text block edges and pages. A little chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 280 pages. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Australia; 1940s; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. Inventory No: 0123208.
Published by Random House Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 280 pages. Dj chippedMY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothi c tale, in part inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize w inning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboa rd, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined f iction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur , stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke i n a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish in (and revive) her ailing poetry journ al. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is tol d over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FA KE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authe nticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the liter ary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual fr ankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entirely the produc t of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the man in the faked photo graph of the invented McCorkle leapt to his feet. At that moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malevolent being he had himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his m aker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropica l chaos of Kuala Lumpur. An unforgettable follow-up to the specta cularly successful TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, MY LIFE AS A F AKE has all the Carey trademarks and more: an irresistible narrat or, a tragi-comic anti-hero, a world that is so familiar yet utte rly strange and disorienting, and a story that keeps you reading way past your bedtime. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a manic, endearing an d penetrating ode to fakery at its most truthful and truth at its most fake, a novel that penetrates to the heart of the alchemy o f literature itself.
Published by Random House -- Knopf Australia, Sydney, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crimson Place ribbon, photographic paste downs, hot pink free end pages, photographic dust jacket. untrimmed fore edge. "Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts, and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur."  from front fold over panel blurb. the top and front edges of the text block have aged, and darkened from exposure to light. There is no other damage to detail. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. Inventory No: 0274020.
Published by Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Australian Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Octavo. White cloth boards stamped in red with pink endpapers. Signed by author on title page (flat signed not inscribed). Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends. Dust jacket is like new. 280 pages. ISBN: 1740512464. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Published by Alfred a Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Book
Hardback. Condition: Good. In Melbourne in the 1930s, a conservative young poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at 24 and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only does the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor is prosecuted for publishing obscenity. During the trial, someone uncannily resembling the man in the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle leaps to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb is confronted by the malevolent being he himself has manufactured. Using as a springboard the Ern Malley hoax, Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker; pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. 290 pages.
Published by Random House, Milsons Point, N.S.W., Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 280 pages. The dust jacket is a little worn and foxed. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. F-/VG+. 8vo. original cream boards, uncut (paperstock a little tanned, trifling fray to fore-edge) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & sunned, discreet silverfish track to spine); pp. [viii (last blank)], 280. A very good copy.
Published by Random House, Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Berry Books, Berry, NSW, Australia
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001161.
Published by Knopf Random House, Milson's Point, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Sad Paradise Books, Rippleside, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A tight, bright copy of the first Australian (and true first) edition.Original ribbed white boards, with title in maroon and credit in hot pink to spine, 280 pages, fore-edge pages uncut, maroon silk place-market, photographically illustrated and hot-pink endpapers. Carey uses the Ern Malley literary hoax as a starting place for his narrative which moves from Melbourne to 'the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur.'.
Published by Random House Australia
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
Book First Edition
hardback with dustjacket. 1st edition. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish it (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle, leapt to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malevolent being he has himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. MY LIFE AS A FAKE has all the Carey trademarks and more: an irresistible narrator, a tragi-comic anti-hero, a world that is so familiar yet utterly strange and disorienting, and a story that keeps you reading way past your bedtime. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a manic, endearing and penetrating ode to fakery at its most truthful and truth at its most fake, a novel that penetrates to the heart of the alchemy of literature itself.
Published by Knopf, Sydney, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small indentation to front board and some light tanning, else appears unread. Jacket is fine. First impression 10987654321 present.
Published by Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Pippa's Place, HUNTERS HILL, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. An ode to fakery. Book is in excellent condition. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Random / Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 1740512464. ISBN/EAN: 9781740512466. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 19091. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Published by Knopf/Random House Australia, Milson's Point, NSW, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Australian Editon. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Published by knopf
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, New Zealand
Book
Cloth. 1st Australian Edition.
Published by Knopf Random House Australia, Milsons Point NSW, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Archives Fine Books (ANZAAB, ILAB), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [viii] 280 : white ribbed boards : pink and red lettering to spine : ribbon marker : pictorial and bright pink endpapers :illustrated jacket designed by Jenny Grigg : untrimmed fore-edge : publisher's promotional postcard for the book loosely inserted as well as a two-page colour and black and white media release indicating a publishing date of 1 August 2003. Toned block edges; small rub spot to lower board edge at head. Novel loosely-based on the Ern Malley affair. Mixing fact and fiction, Carey examines the events from the perspective of the hoaxers and actually borrows lines from the 'Angry Penguins'. Shortlisted for a host of awards including the Miles Franklin.
Published by Random House Australia
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Book Hound (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book First Edition
hardback with dustjacket. 1st edition. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish it (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle, leapt to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malevolent being he has himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. MY LIFE AS A FAKE has all the Carey trademarks and more: an irresistible narrator, a tragi-comic anti-hero, a world that is so familiar yet utterly strange and disorienting, and a story that keeps you reading way past your bedtime. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a manic, endearing and penetrating ode to fakery at its most truthful and truth at its most fake, a novel that penetrates to the heart of the alchemy of literature itself. This is a used book in good condition, meaning that it shows signs of wear but has no major defects.Most of our images are sourced automatically, so the book cover shown might be different to the edition we have in stock.
Published by Random House Australia (A Knopf book), Milson's Point, NSW, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: A Small Bookshop, ELMHURST, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Australian Edition. 24 cm x 15 cm. 280 pp.
Published by Knopf, Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. No chips or tears to dj. Scan available on request.
Published by Random House Australia
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Book First Edition
hardback with dustjacket. 1st edition. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a fantastical gothic tale, in part based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, about a hoax poet who mysteriously materialises and then pursues, taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker. Two-time Booker prize winning author Peter Carey uses the Ern Malley hoax as a springboard, but the leap he takes is into the realms of richly imagined fiction. Sara, an English poetry editor on holiday in Kuala Lumpur, stumbles upon an Australian, Christopher Chubb, reading Rilke in a bicycle shop. The man shows her a scrap of poetry the like of which she's never seen. She becomes determined to get her hands on the poetry, to publish it (and revive) her ailing poetry journal. Chubb insists that Sara hear his story first. His tale is told over many sittings, and is the central story of MY LIFE AS A FAKE. As a conservative young poet in Melbourne in the 1950s, Chubb decided to teach the country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submitted for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet of raw power and sexual frankness, conveniently dead at twenty-four and entirely the product of Chubb's imagination. Not only did the magazine fall for the hoax, but its editor was prosecuted for publishing obscenity. At the trial someone uncannily resembling the faked photograph of the invented McCorkle, leapt to his feet. At this moment the horrified Chubb was confronted by the malevolent being he has himself manufactured. Peter Carey wickedly and ruefully explores how the phantom poet taunts, haunts and otherwise destroys his maker, pursuing Chubb from Melbourne to the seedy, sweaty, tropical chaos of Kuala Lumpur. MY LIFE AS A FAKE has all the Carey trademarks and more: an irresistible narrator, a tragi-comic anti-hero, a world that is so familiar yet utterly strange and disorienting, and a story that keeps you reading way past your bedtime. MY LIFE AS A FAKE is a manic, endearing and penetrating ode to fakery at its most truthful and truth at its most fake, a novel that penetrates to the heart of the alchemy of literature itself. KNOFT, 2003, First edition of this book in as pristine, unread condition. I could not describe this book in any other way than to say"äs brand new". Scans available if required.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Low Brow Books, South Yarra, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition, uncut(deckled) pages, some minor staining to leaves, protected by an archival cover.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Australia, Sydney, 2003
ISBN 10: 1740512464ISBN 13: 9781740512466
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed and dated by the author at publication on the title page. With publisher's promotional postcard laid in. White paper-covered boards with ribbon marker bound in. 280 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).