"War Crimes"

Title"War Crimes"
Year for Search1979
AuthorsCarey, Peter(b. 1943)
Secondary TitleWar Crimes
Pagination241-82
Date Published1979
PublisherUniversity of Queensland Press
Place PublishedSt. Lucia, QLD, Australia
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

Dystopia set in a future of a collapsed economy, corruption, luxury for the few, and extreme poverty for the many. Ends with the beginning of a revolt by the unemployed but with no idea of whether or not it will succeed.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his The Fat Man in History (London: Faber & Faber, 1980), 158-86; and in his Collected Stories (St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1994), 310-37. U.K. ed. (London: Faber & Faber, 1995), 310-37. 

Holding Institutions

A, M, VUW

Author Note

Australian author (b. 1943).

Full Text

1979 Carey, Peter (b. 1943). “War Crimes.” In his War Crimes (St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1979), 241-82. Rpt. in his The Fat Man in History (London: Faber & Faber, 1980), 158-86; and in his Collected Stories (St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1994), 310-37. U.K. ed. (London: Faber & Faber, 1995), 310-37. A, M, VUW

Dystopia set in a future of a collapsed economy, corruption, luxury for the few, and extreme poverty for the many. Ends with the beginning of a revolt by the unemployed but with no idea of whether or not it will succeed. Australian author.