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Draft 3 of The big bazoohley, up to Chapter 14

Incomplete draft, 57 leaves, ends at Chapter 14. Pages numbered by hand. Footer indicates all leaves are from 3rd draft, some from draft 3#1, some from draft 3#2. Leaves are variously dated between 16 March 1994 and 13 April 1994.

Draft 3 of The big bazoohley, up to chapter 18

Incomplete draft, 62 leaves, ends at chapter 18, typescript leaves numbered by hand. Footer indicates all leaves are from 3rd draft, some from draft 3#1, some from draft 3#2. All leaves are dated 15 April 1994.

5th draft of The big bazoohley

Printout date from footer Jul 1994, titles in footer drafts 4 and 5, with some handwritten emendations, leaves numbered by hand in top right hand corner 1-77, title page has signature of Peter Carey..

Jack Maggs [novel] (1997)

Working titles for the novel Jack Maggs include 'Mags', 'The Old Dart' and 'The Somnambulist'. This subseries includes drafts (complete and incomplete), off-cuts, proofs and research material. Jack Maggs was winner the Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction 1997, Commonwealth Writers Prize 1998, and the Miles Franklin Award 1998.

Drafts of Jack Maggs

Typescript drafts 1-8 of the novel, and complete copies of final manuscript with print out dates and chapter/draft numbers in the footer. There are several copies of the 7th draft some with annotations by Robert McCrum and Carey. Annotations date the 7th draft as being October and November 1996. 8th draft has annotation by Carey: "with Alison's suggestions". There is also folders of rejected material mainly from 3rd and 6th drafts labelled: "Off-cuts".

Publisher proofs of Jack Maggs

Publisher proofs from Faber and Faber. First page proof from University of Queensland Press. Printed and photocopied proof sent to Carey by Deb Rogers. Cover designs for UQP and United States edition of novel. Correspondence accompanies some proofs.

Illywhacker [novel] (1985)

Illywhacker was published in 1985 in Australia by University of Queensland Press. It has won a number of awards and was short-listed for the Booker Prize. This series includes typescript drafts for 'Pets' (Illywhacker) and Illywhacker, showing substantial revisions at every stage and the development of the novel from earliest ideas to finished form. Correspondence, notes, research material and index cards are included. Illywhacker has won the Age Book of the Year Award 1985, Fellowship of Australian Writers Victor - Barbara Ramsden Award 1985, National Book Council Award for Australian Literature - Banjo Award 1985, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1986 and Ditmar Awards 1986.

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