My Life as a Fake European History Violet finds herself in the

Violet finds herself in the midst of the action and determines to put an end to the evil baron's mis­treatment of the hardworking people

But Cedar’s been hiding a secret of her own

Nobody knows exactly how many snake species live in the biodiversity hotspots of Western and Central Africa

she is forced to cooperate with him

bizarre view of society

My Life as a Fake European History Violet finds herself in theAn Australian literary hoax lies at the core of My Life as a Fake, Peter Carey's captivating, 'continuously startling' (John Updike) contemplation of the art world. In steamy, fetid Kuala Lumpur in 1972, Sarah Wode Douglass, editor of a London poetry journal, meets the mysterious Christopher Chubb. An Australian literary hoaxer, Chubb is carting around a manuscript likely filled with deceit. In this dubious work Sarah recognises a real genius. But