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I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book.

Peter Carey

Peter Carey Biography

  Nationality: Australian
Type: Novelist

Born: February 7, 1943
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