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Parrot and Olivier in America /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carey, Peter, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Aristocracy (Social class) > France > Fiction.
French fiction > America.
Voyages and travels > Fiction.
Master and servant > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
America > Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Description
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.
Item Description:Originally published: Australia : Hamish Hamilton, 2009.
Physical Description:379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780307592620 (alk. paper)
0307592626 (alk. paper)