Description: Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be joined by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.
Brief description:
Peter Carey is the author of ten previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for twenty years.
Review Quotes:
"Carey braids his story carefully, lovingly...At its heart, Parrot and Olivier in America is a western; the simplest story in history, scuplted down to a twinkle in a philosopher's eye: Man's search for freedom."
-- "Los Angeles Times"