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The Tax Inspector
by Peter Carey
ISBN: 0679735984
ISBN-13: 9780679735984
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Carey's powerful 1991 novel dissects the troubled Catchprice family, which includes Frieda, the dotty matriarch; her daughter Cathy who wants to be a country singer; Mort, who, trapped in the web of the family, can never leave home; and young Johnny, whose only commitment is to Hare Krishna. When Maria, from the Australian Taxation Office, comes to audit the books of the family used-car business, Carey's complex tale culminates in the birth of a baby and the unleashing of Mort's disturbed son Benny, the "Angel of Plagues."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published date: 1993
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Pages: 279
Publisher's Notes
A combustibly funny, harrowing and utterly original novel from the internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda. Granny Catchprice runs her family business--and her family--with senility, cunning, and a handbag full of explosives. But a very pregnant agent of the Australian Taxation Office turns the family upside down in this darkly comic masterpiece.
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Vintage. Used - Acceptable. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1993. Softcover. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. Cover has some wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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New York: Vintage, 1993. Softcover with pages that are clean, crisp and unmarked. Granny Catchprice runs her family business with senility, and a handbagful of explosives.... Soft Cover. New. ( more information) Offered by Book Lovers Warehouse (United States)
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New York, New York, USA: Vintage International/Random House, 1993. BG5 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus a small crease in the front cover at the bottom right corner. Granny Catchprice runs her family business, a failing auto franchise. The business, and the family, is run by Granny Catchprice with senility, cunning and a handbagful of explosives. Her daughter would rather be a Country and Western singer than selling cars and her grandson, seriously psychopathic, wants to transform the franchise into an empire. Their unwitting nemesis is a beautiful and very pregnant agent of the Australian Taxation Office. By the author of "Oscar and Lucinda." 279p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Bookmarc's (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1993. Slight spine twist, corner bumps, small paperlift at heel of spine, a few scuffs to the rear cover, pages age toning, and other light to moderate shopwear. . Edition Unstated. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/As issued No Jacket. ( more information) Offered by John R. Belliveau Bookseller (United States)
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