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Amnesia

by Peter Carey

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ISBN 10
0385352778
ISBN 13
9780385352772
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. BW7 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the tip in page (page after the front free endpaper) in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has label on the front and back, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and few tiny tear on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has remainder mark on the bottom, some bumped corners and cover edgewear, small tear on the bottom spine edge, light discoloration and shelf wear. The two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel - at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny - that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides with international power politics. 9.5"x6.5", 307 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia's prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons (let's be honest: as they do in so many parts of her country) the doors of some five thousand jails in the United States also open. Is this a mistake, or a declaration of cyber war? And does it have anything to do with the largely forgotten Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian forces in 1942? Or with the CIA-influenced coup in Australia in 1975? Felix Moore, known to himself as "our sole remaining left-wing journalist," is determined to write Gaby's biography in order to find the answers - to save her, his own career, and, perhaps, his country. But how to get Gaby - on the run, scared, confused, and angry - to cooperate? Bringing together the world of hackers and radicals with the "special relationship" between the United States and Australia, and Australia and the CIA, Amnesia is a novel that speaks powerfully about the often hidden past - but most urgently about the more and more hidden present.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

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On Apr 16 2016, a reader said:
Amnesia is the fourteenth novel by award-winning Australian novelist, Peter Carey. The Angel Worm: a virus that proves to be a security nightmare when it opens prisons around Australia. And worse still, infects the big parent security firm in the United States, attracting the ire of the CIA and other security entities. When the hacker is discovered to be a young Melbourne woman, journalist Felix Moore is surprised to find himself involved.

Actress Celine Baillieux is desperate to prevent her daughter, Gaby's extradition to the United States for unleashing said virus, and calls on her old Uni mate to write a biography that will exonerate this feisty young woman. Property developer, Woody Townes, the man who has extracted Felix from many a dire situation, is enlisted to facilitate matters.

But is Felix, "the most controversial journalist of his age", known for ruining reputations and manufacturing quotes ("He freely admitted that he not only made up quotes but had also been accused of making up quotes, 'but never the quotes I actually made up.'") the right person for the job? It seems Felix has a fixation on the role of the United States in Australia's politics: the "Battle of Brisbane" and the 1975 Dismissal feature prominently in the tale he constructs.

Carey gathers together a diverse cast of characters, people the reader will recognise from everyday life: the Local Member intent of preserving image; the ageing actress isolated from her theatre milieu in a working-class suburb; the highly intelligent students able to run rings around security to further their cause; the property developer with a finger in many pies; petty crooks trying to make it big; and greenies determined to expose corporate cover-ups.

Carey gives the reader plenty of humour, both in the dialogue between the characters and in the predicaments in which he places his protagonist. Felix is charmed, spoiled, kidnapped, isolated, forced to live rough and made to produce his manuscript with technology that is virtually obsolete (cassette tapes, paper and a typewriter, no less!). The back-cover blurb is quite misleading, as the story goes in a completely different direction. The pace could perhaps have been faster: occasionally, the story seemed to lose momentum. Nonetheless, an enjoyable read.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Amnesia
Author
Peter Carey
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0385352778
ISBN 13
9780385352772
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2015
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
FICTION YOUNG WOMEN JOURNALISTS COMPUTER VIRUSES

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