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Title
Amnesia
Author Peter Carey
Genre Literary Fiction, Political Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description

Amnesia is a novel by Peter Carey that blends political satire, cyber intrigue, and historical reflection. The story follows Felix Moore, a former journalist investigating Gaby Baillieux, a young hacker accused of orchestrating a massive cyberattack that cripples the United States. As Felix uncovers Gaby’s past, the novel expands into a broader meditation on American power, Australian–U.S. relations, surveillance, memory, and national forgetting. Provocative and sharply observed, Amnesia questions who controls information—and whose histories are erased.

About Author

Peter Carey is an Australian author widely regarded as one of the most significant literary figures of his generation. Born in 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Carey began his career in advertising before turning to fiction, publishing short stories that quickly gained critical attention for their originality and experimental style. He rose to international prominence with novels that blend history, myth, and postmodern narrative techniques.

Carey is one of the few writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—first for Oscar and Lucinda (1988) and later for True History of the Kelly Gang (2001). His work frequently reimagines Australian history, interrogating themes of identity, colonialism, power, and storytelling itself. Known for his inventive language and bold narrative structures, Carey has written across novels, short fiction, and essays, and his influence extends well beyond Australia into the global literary canon.

  

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