'If I could edit my past, I'd get rid of all the commas'

彼得‧凱瑞 ( Peter Carey ) 於1943年出生於澳洲接近墨爾本附近郊區的小鎮，在墨莫爾本大學唸了化學一年後輟學，為福斯汽車撰寫廣告文案，『國家認同』是他作品中一個重要的主題。他追溯澳洲早期移民的歷史，並擅以邊緣小人物做為小說主人翁。

他是當代英語文壇聲望最崇高的大師級作家，曾三度入圍、兩度榮獲英語世界最高榮譽『布克獎』，與諾貝爾文學獎得主柯慈齊名，是史上『唯二』曾兩度獲得布克獎的作家。

他在一九七四年出版短篇小說集《歷史中的胖子》，融合荒謬主義、超寫實主義、科幻與寓言，獲得極高的評價，該書並被視為當代澳洲文學的里程碑。一九八五年，他以《騙子》首次入圍布克獎決選名單，一九八八年則以《奧斯卡與露辛達》一舉贏得布克獎，二○○一年再以《凱利幫》拿下他的第二座布克獎。其他代表作品有《黑獄來的陌生人》、《崔斯坦．史密斯不可思議的一生》、《稅務員》、《幸福》、《我冒牌的一生》等。目前他與妻子和兩個兒子定居於美國紐約。

Peter Carey was born in 1943 in Victoria, Australia, where his parents ran a car dealership. He worked in advertising and wrote fiction in his spare time. Four of his novels were rejected before his short story collection, The Fat Man In History, was published in 1974 and made him an overnight success. He went on to write two Booker prize-winning novels, Oscar And Lucinda in 1988 and True History Of The Kelly Gang in 2000. His new book is called Parrot And Olivier In America. Married for the third time, Carey has two sons and lives in New York.

衛報評論

Q&A: Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey