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Parrot and Olivier in America

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Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected in the United States by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.

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Main Author: Carey, Peter, 1943-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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Aristocracy (Social class) > France > Fiction.
French > America > Fiction.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Master and servant > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
Adventure fiction > United States.
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Summary:Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected in the United States by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.
Physical Description:379 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780307592620 (alk. paper)
0307592626 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Peter Carey was born on May 7, 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. His first two books, The Fat Man in History (1974) and War Crimes (1979), were short story collections. His first novel, Bliss, was published in 1982. At the time he was balancing his writing career with the operation of an advertising agency in Sydney, and his books were not generally known outside of Australia. He began to receive international attention when Illywhacker was published in 1985. He won the Booker Prize in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda and in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. His other works include The Tax Inspector, Parrot and Olivier in America, and The Chemistry of Tears. He also won the Miles Franklin Award three times. In 2015 he made the Australian Book Designers Association Award shortlist for his title Amnesia. This title also made the 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlist.

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