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Parrot and Olivier in America

Parrot and Olivier in America

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Parrot and Olivier in America

by Carey, Peter

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0571253296
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9780571253296
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London: Faber & Faber. 2010. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 452 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Synopsis

Peter Carey, a world-renowned novelist and Booker Prize winner based in New York, is one of only two writers to have won the Booker prize twice. He is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this novel you get everything that you expect from Carey, an inexhaustible imagination, bold narration and vivacious imagery.  This adventure is loosely based on the real-life travels of the 19th- century political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville, who’s Democracy in America, is a classic early work of sociology. It follows two Old World protagonists – one from France, one from England – and sets them down in New York in the mid-19th century. From there you can appreciate where this story is going with a premise that evokes the immigrant experience and delivers unexpected, and often hilarious twists and turns.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Parrot and Olivier in America
Author
Carey, Peter
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used -
Edition
1st UK Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0571253296
ISBN 13
9780571253296
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2010
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