The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Acclaim for PETER CAREY’s

The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith “A prickly futurist fantasy … gaudy … extravagant.” — Los Angeles Times “Carey’s work has a wild, chance-taking quality … in harmony with the spirit of this age. If he keeps on … he will prove to be one of its finest novelists.” — Chicago Tribune “His books have an odd, tangential beauty, an airy poise — Hogarth by way of Chagall…. Carey’s fund of stories seems so inexhaustible that he should seriously think of making charitable donations to the needy…. His need to fall head over heels for each and every one of his characters is one of his greatest strengths as a novelist.” — The New Yorker “A rich, wry and funny novel of perseverance over physical, societal and family deformities.” — Boston Globe “Captivating [and] evocative … a compelling story…. Most accomplished.” — Miami Herald “Carey’s most inventive book yet — surpassing even The Tax Inspector and the Booker Prize-winning Oscar and Lucinda…. The book is like a fantastical, action-packed dream — you just don’t want it to end.” — Details “Given Peter Carey’s bubbling imagination and intoxicating language, any new novel from the Australian author is an event…. A cross between John Irving’s A Son of the Circus and Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent…. This novel is a cleverly detailed imagining of a possible future.” — San Francisco Chronicle