My work gets a collegial boost from the advice of my press agent, Joan Lail. I owe special thanks to local reference librarians Burl McCuiston of the Lenoir Rhyne University Library, Martin Otts and Mary Sizemore of the Patrick Beaver Library, and Wanda Rozzelle of the Catawba County Library. Kimberley Walsh, editorial business manager, Vogue, Australia, Alexandria, New South Wales Jeremy Fisher, executive director, Australian Society of Authors, Strawberry Hills, New South Wales Rebecca Pearson, publicity, Faber & Faber, London, England Gabriel Packard, coordinator, Creative Writing MFA Program, Hunter College, New York CityĪrpita Deb, reference, Melbourne Library, Melbourne, Victoria Sophie Cunningham, editor, Meanjin, Carlton, Victoria Tom Foley, Russell Latham, Liz MacKenzie, and Pat Stracey, reference, National Library of Australia, Canberra McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 Acknowledgments I acknowledge the advice and research assistance of the following people and institutions: Mary Burazer, reference, Abbot Vincent Taylor Library Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina On the cover: Peter Carey background ©2009 Shutterstock Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Carey, Peter, 1943 – - Criticism and interpretation. (McFarland literary companions 8) Includes bibliographical references and index. Peter Carey : a literary companion / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
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