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From Hay Festival 2016, Talking Books' Martha Kearney talks to author Peter Carey, best known for being one of only three authors to win the Man Booker Prize twice. Born in Australia, Carey has been writing since the sixties with his first novel 'Bliss' published in 1981. His first Man Booker Prize winning novel was 'Oscar and Lucinda', which brought him international recognition, along with his second 'True History of The Kelly Gang'. His latest book 'Amnesia', tells the story of a young female Australian computer hacker accessing the Australian and US prison systems and follows a journalist re-creating her personality for the media. With echoes of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, the book explores Carey's issues with the historical and political relationship between America and Australia.