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Careyesque

Careyesque adjective: characteristic of Peter Carey (born 1943), Australian novelist.

Adjective

Careyesque (comparative more Careyesque, superlative most Careyesque)

  1. Characteristic of Peter Carey (born 1943), Australian novelist.
    • PETER CAREY is almost alone among contemporary novelists in never writing the same book twice.[…]There is, by now, this fifth novel, a definitely Careyesque body of concerns; the carnival, the fragility and terrifying energy of art, a strange knot of ideas which can be summed up as Heaven, Hell...1994 October 11, “Heaven and Disneyland”, in The Guardian, London; Manchester, page 8
    • Peter Carey summons and subverts the myth in this ‘true and secret’ history of Ned Kelly.[…]Its form is indeed Careyesque, from the outset playing with notions of invention, lies and truth, a preoccupation present in earlier novels such as Illywhacker.2000 October 21, “Such is his life”, in The Age, section “Extra”, page 9

Forms of Careyesque

comparativemore Careyesque
superlativemost Careyesque

Origin of Careyesque

From Carey + -esque.

Questions about Careyesque

What does Careyesque mean?
Careyesque means characteristic of Peter Carey (born 1943), Australian novelist.
What part of speech is Careyesque?
Careyesque is an adjective.

Words near Careyesque in the dictionary

  1. carex
  2. carexes
  3. Carey
  4. Carey Bay
  5. Carey Fineman Ziter syndrome
  6. Careyesque
  7. Careys
  8. carf
  9. Carfagno
  10. Carfagnos
  11. Carfano

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