Parrot and Olivier in America

Olivier is a French aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the 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 the New World, 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.

ISBN 0571253326   Pages 592 ISBN13 9780571253326 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 460 Publisher Faber and Faber   Published in London Imprint Faber and Faber   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 126 Publication date 03 Feb 2011   Spine width (mm) 37 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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