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Parrot and Olivier in America

By Peter Carey

Parrot and Olivier in America Contemporary literature

Parrot and Olivier in America

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Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. When Olivier sets sail for America, ostensibly to study its prisons but in reality to save his neck from one more revolution - Parrot is sent with him, as spy, protector, foe and foil. As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart - in love and politics, prisons and the world of art - Peter Carey explores the adventure of American democracy, in theory and in practice, with dazzling wit and inventiveness.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
592
Release Date:
2011-02-03
Publication Date:
2011-02-03
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0571253326
ISBN13:
9780571253326
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
459 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
199 cm
Thickness:
45 cm
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