Parrot and Olivier in America
by Carey, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1926428145
- ISBN 13
- 9781926428147
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), Australia, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. minimal to none shelf wear, dust jacket not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy for year published 1st Printing. Size: Octavo . 451 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Literature & Fiction; Literary; America -- Fiction.; ISBN: 1926428145. ISBN/EAN: 9781926428147. Library of Congress No: 2009675122. Dewey Code: A823.3. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103661. . 9781926428147
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
- BOOKNEST
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103661
- Title
- Parrot and Olivier in America
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1926428145
- ISBN 13
- 9781926428147
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton (Penguin)
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB291 Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 Travel United States, Friendship Fiction, America Fiction Fiction; Literature & Fiction; Literary; America -- Fiction.; Parrot and Olivier in America
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Book selling for us was the natural result of bookcollecting of the past 30 years. Running out of room and in order to keep our hobby going we have to pass some on to you, so we can make room for new editions.Our collection of nearly 80000 volumes will eventually make its way into the inventory program. You are welcome to inquire on any subject that you are interested and we believe that we should be able to help you.Our love for the book both as an object of art or as a tool of knowledge will always guide us, and keep our customers happyCheersTheo Kolliniatis
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