My Life As A Fake

 

                     
My Life As A Fake

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Title
My Life As A Fake
Author Peter Carey
Genre Literary Fiction, Metafiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description

My Life as a Fake is a novel by Peter Carey that explores the dangerous power of authorship and invention. Inspired by a real literary hoax, the story follows Christopher Chubb, a poet who creates a fictional persona as a prank—only for that creation to seemingly come to life. Years later, the hoax resurfaces in Malaysia, drawing Chubb and others into a disturbing confrontation with questions of responsibility, identity, and the consequences of creating stories that escape their maker’s control. Dark, unsettling, and metafictional, the novel interrogates the ethics of storytelling itself.

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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