Jack Maggs (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Carey
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1800’s
- Setting: England and Australia
- Principal Characters: Jack Maggs, Tobias Oates, Percy Buckle, Mercy Larkin, Henry Phipps
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Prisoners, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Fathers, Creative process, Home, Australia or Australians
- Locales: England, Australia
Peter Carey, an Australian who has lived in New York for several years, continues to write fiction that engages directly or indirectly with his homeland, whatever its subject. He first gained notice in 1974 with a book of experimental short stories, The Fat Man in History, then again in 1979 with another volume of equally fantastic short fiction, War Crimes. These two striking collections, widely acclaimed in Australia and overseas, previewed the breadth and inventive structure of his work once he turned to full-length fiction.
His first major novel,...
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