The Chemistry of Tears

Name: The Chemistry of Tears
Author: Peter Carey

by Peter Carey

Clockmaker grieves daughter's death through obsession with restoring an antique mechanical bird

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Peter Carey

Australian novelist who has twice won the Booker Prize and is known for his imaginative reimaginings of Australian history and identity. His fiction often employs unreliable narrators and elaborate verbal games. He is the most internationally celebrated Australian novelist of his generation.

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