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Synopsis
Olivier is a French aristocrat, the traumatised child of survivors of the Revolution. Parrot is the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives are brought together by their travels in America. When Olivier sets sail for the New World, Parrot is sent with him, as spy, protector, foe and foil.
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A tour de force, a wonderfully dizzying succession of adventures and vivid, at times caricatured, characters executed with great panache. --The Sydney Morning Herald
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Peter Carey's Parrot and Olivier in America is the story of an extraordinary friendship across two continents, from the author of Amnesia, Oscar and Lucinda andTrue History of the Kelly Gang.
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- PublisherBlackstone Audiobooks
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 144172981X
- ISBN 13 9781441729811
- BindingPreloaded Digital Audio Player
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