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The fat man in history and other stories / Peter Carey.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781760896560 (paperback)
Name	Carey, Peter, 1943- author.
Title	The fat man in history and other stories / Peter Carey.
Published	London : Penguin Books, 2020.
Published	©1994
Description	454 pages ; 20 cm
Contents	The fat man in history -- Peeling -- "Do you love me?" -- The chance -- The puzzling nature of blue -- Exotic pleasures -- The last days of a famous mime -- A windmill in the West -- American dreams -- War crimes.
Summary	This is a collection of surrealistic stories set in the near future centers on such bizarre events as a genetic lottery for winning new bodies and a revolution organized by a group of ostracized fat men.
Subjects	Short stories, Australian
Subjects	Australian fiction
Genre	Short stories
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Australian fiction . Short stories . Short stories, Australian . See Also: Australian literature . Children's stories, Australian . Science fiction, Australian . Short stories, Australian . Fiction . Australian fiction . Authors: Carey, Peter, 1943- .