My Life as a Fake (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Carey
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1943, 1972, and 1985
- Setting: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sydney, Australia
- Principal Characters: Sarah Wode-Douglas, John Slater, Christopher Chubb, Bob McCorkle, David Weiss
- Genres: Long fiction, Novel
- Subjects: 1970’s, Twentieth century, 1940’s, Poetry or poets, 1980’s, Asia or Asians, Women, Imagination, Publishing or publishers, Southeast Asia, Career women, Australia or Australians
- Locales: Sydney, Australia, Malaysia
In his author’s note at the conclusion of his first novel since True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) won England’s Booker Prize, Australian writer Peter Carey makes it clear he is not trying to fool anyone here. He acknowledges that My Life as a Fake is based on a real-life incident familiar to many Australians. The event took place in 1943, when Harold Stewart and James McAuley, two conservative Australian soldiers who fancied themselves poets and who hated the early twentieth century modernist movement, perpetuated a hoax on the pretentious editor of an avant-garde...
[The entire page is 1947 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
See Also
