Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Peter Carey

Born: May 7, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Known for:
- Oscar and Lucinda (1988)
- True History of the Kelly Gang (2000)
- Jack Maggs (1997)
- Illywhacker (1985)
- Amnesia (2014)