A review by bibliotechied
Amnesia by Peter Carey

2.0

It has been many years since I actually wanted to read a book by Peter Carey. The blurb looked interesting, the opening sentence arresting, but the book failed to deliver. I found the laboured Australianess annoying. Carey writes for Americans, over-explaining Australian history and adding a veneer of inauthentic sounding Australian slang. Everything happened in some indeterminate time (except for 1975 and the Battle of Brisbane) which only added to the air of unreality of a narrative told by an unpleasant old journalist who kept getting kidnapped and kept one removed from the actual story. It will be a long time before I read another Peter Carey novel.