These people call home into a dark mirror for the larger world outside. whose previous books include "Illywhacker" and the Booker Prize-winning "Oscar & Lucinda" - chronicles four apocalyptic days of Catchprice domestic life and in doing so transforms the black hole In "The Tax Inspector," the Australian writer The Catchprices are the sort of people you'd rather read about than spend time with, which is exactly the impulse Peter Carey plays on in his disturbing new novel. Light-years beyond the merely dysfunctional, they're the Beverly Hillbillies on bad acid. What little remains of their moribund business, a hellish auto dealership just outside Sydney, Australia. Hen the members of the Catchprice family aren't savaging one another or plotting to commit mayhem, they're sabotaging JanuWould You Buy a Used Car From This Family By FRANCINE PROSE Would You Buy a Used Car From This Family
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