{"product_id":"collected-stories-9780143571254","title":"Collected Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e combines Peter Carey's bizarre, brilliant, chilling short stories from \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Man in History\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e War Crimes, \u003c\/i\u003eplus three not in either.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose from \u003ci\u003eFat Man\u003c\/i\u003e posit what-ifs, with the title story wondering how, were some post-Marxist utopia to declare obesity counter-revolutionary, a household of fat men would strike back. Those from \u003ci\u003eWar Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e are all in one way or another about power - those who wield it, those who want it, and those who recall only its dazzling exhilaration and degradation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Impressive and entertaining.  Each story ends on a melancholy but powerful note, like the sudden discharge of electrical energy which illuminates all that it touches.'  \u003cb\u003ePeter Ackroyd, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Reading his stories is like being shot by a firing squad of angels.'  \u003cb\u003eJill Neville, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'His imagination is soaring, his style beautifully disciplined, his eye for the truth unblinking.'  \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Dutton, \u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Peter Carey is one of the great storytellers of our time, the kind who makes you take the telephone off the hook, forget the television and ignore the doorbell.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Evening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Carey's imagination is fired with genius.' \u003cb\u003eRobert Adamson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Australian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A commanding writer with a laser eye for detail and luxuriant narrative gifts.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Peter Carey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515636056125,"sku":null,"price":23.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780143571254.jpg?v=1787487306","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/collected-stories-9780143571254","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}