Peter Carey

Books by Peter Carey

The Chemistry Of Tears

by Peter Carey
- Paperback, 229 pages
Parrot & Olivier in America

by Peter Carey
- Hardcover, 379 pages
Theft

A Love Story

by Peter Carey
- Hardcover, 269 pages
Parrot and Olivier in America

by Peter Carey
- Paperback, 381 pages

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New In Paperback

Feb. 11-17: Romance, Clockwork, Secrets And Empire

February 11, 2013 7:00 AM

In fiction, Christine Sneed's short stories about the perils of love, Peter Carey's tale of a mechanical bird, and Nell Freudenberger's portrait of a trans-Atlantic marriage arrive in paperback. In softcover nonfiction, Tom Holland charts the rise of Islam.

Book Reviews

'The Chemistry Of Tears' And The Art Of Healing

by Heller McAlpin

May 16, 2012 7:00 AM

After a museum conservator's lover dies, she becomes consumed with reanimating a 19th-century silver swan automaton. Critic Heller McAlpin says that Peter Carey's new novel is part historical, part fanciful and completely wonderful.

Author Interviews

History, Heartbreak And 'The Chemistry Of Tears'

by NPR Staff

May 13, 2012 6:24 AM

The hero and the heroine of Peter Carey's new novel are separated by 150 years — and are brought together by an enormous, 19th-century, mechanical duck. The Chemistry of Tears is the 12th novel by the Australian-born, two-time Booker Prize-winning author.

New In Paperback

Voyages: To America, To The Presidency, To The Past

January 12, 2011 3:00 PM

Novelist Peter Carey returns with a funny riff on de Tocqueville's America, while David Remnick looks at the rise of President Obama, Rhodes scholar Wes Moore considers the prison life he might have lived, and Simon Johnson and James Kwak argue that America's megabanks should be cut down to size.

Best Books Of 2010

Book Club Picks: Give 'Em Something To Talk About

by Lynn Neary

December 06, 201010:32 AM

Making suggestions for your book club can be risky business. If everyone loves the book, you're a hero. If they hate it, it takes a while to live it down. NPR's Lynn Neary comes to the rescue with five book club recommendations that are sure to make for good conversation.

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Now Hear This: 2010 National Book Award Nominees

by Rachel Syme

November 17, 201011:18 AM

On Tuesday evening in New York City, the finalists for the National Book Award gathered on the eve of the ceremony to read from their work. NPR was there to capture the celebration.

Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Summer Books That Make The Critics' Cut

by Lynn Neary

June 19, 201012:07 AM

Just what is a summer book, anyway? Does it have to be a big, fat, juicy page turner to earn the right to be packed away in the luggage (or downloaded on the e-reader)? We put that question to several book reviewers to find out what they like to take along on summer getaways.

Illustration: A woman reads on top of a stack of books.

Critics' Lists: Summer 2010

Historical Fiction: The Ultimate Summer Getaway

by Michael Schaub

June 07, 2010 9:00 AM

2010's best century-hopping novels will transport you from Europe of a millennium ago to '60s-era San Francisco, with stops in Spain and Berlin, and raucous encounters with Moors and Romantic poets, along the way. What more do you need except a sturdy sand chair?

Book Reviews

The Prince And The 'Parrot' Go To America

by Michael Schaub

May 11, 201012:00 AM

Peter Carey's new novel Parrot and Olivier in America is a retelling of the life of historian Alexis de Tocqueville in which a French aristocrat and his reluctant working-class companion travel to a young United States to research American penitentiaries and escape political upheaval in France.

Excerpt: 'Parrot And Olivier In America'

by Peter Carey

May 10, 2010 3:54 PM

Book Reviews

Peter Carey's 'Theft' Will Arrest Your Attention

by Maureen Corrigan

May 23, 200611:00 AM

The award-winning Australian novelist Peter Carey is known for his manic comic energy. Reaching for comparisons, reviewers have likened him to James Joyce, Tom Wolfe and other writers obviously in love with words, words, words. Carey's latest novel, Theft: A Love Story, is sure to steal its readers' attention away from all other activities.

Author Interviews

Fictional 'Mothers' Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process

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Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall

At her desk in the study of her Philadelphia townhouse in 1967, Pearl Buck looks at a bound volume of the magazine Asia from 1925 that contained her first published work.

Book Reviews

A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In 'Americanah'

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Book News: Stephen King's New Bogeyman? Digital Publishing

Stephen King holds a special pink Kindle given to him at a 2009 unveiling event for the Amazon Kindle 2.

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