‘Like being run over by a truck’
Peter Carey c. Elena SiebertPeter Carey describes winning the 1988 Booker Prize with Oscar and Lucinda.
27 June 2008
Peter Carey, one of six authors on the shortlist for the Best of the Booker, tells us he is "honoured" to have been shortlisted in such great company.
In his interview for this website the twice Booker-winning novelist discusses success, the writing process for Oscar and Lucinda and translating books into films. He explains 'tall poppy syndrome' to us, and talks about con men and creating viable Australian origin myths.
There are also Angry Penguins and a Magic Pudding along the way...
Peter Carey's own website contains a full bibliography and brief biography, along with a video interview of him discussing his books and writing.
Peter Carey was on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 recently, and you can see his choices on the BBC website.
To vote for the Best of the Booker visit the voting pages.
The shortlist for the Best of the Booker is:
Pat Barker's The Ghost Road
Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda
JM Coetzee's Disgrace
JG Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur
Nadine Gordimer's The Conservationist
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children
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