The Tax Inspector (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Carey
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Surrealist literature
- Subjects: 1980’s, Violence, Business or business people, Australia or Australians, Fables, Taxation
- Locales: Sydney, Australia
The Australian author, Peter Carey, won Great Britain’s coveted Booker Prize for 1988 with his novel OSCAR AND LUCINDA (1988). THE TAX INSPECTOR is merely Carey’s fourth novel and yet he has already established himself as one of the finest novelists writing in English. He is noted for his keen sense of observation and for his ability to make implausible situations seem all too plausible. In all of his novels, Carey has also created flesh and blood characters. No matter how quirky or grotesque any of the characters have been drawn, he does not deny them human qualities that are...
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