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Informationen zum Autor Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and now lives in New York. He is the author of twelve previous novels, three short story collections and two books on travel. Among other prizes, he has won the Booker Prize twice, the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times. Klappentext Paperback edition of Carey's Booker shortlisted novel about a French aristocrat and his servant's trip to America in the 19th century. Carey has won the Booker Prize twice for his historical novels "Oscar & Lucinda" and "True History Of The Kelly Gang", which, along with "Jack Maggs", are reissued this month to tie in with this edition. Carey explores the adventure of American democracy, in theory and practice, with dazzling wit and inventiveness. 'I finished it with unabated enjoyment...' Ursula K. LeGuin, "Guardian" 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 and True History of the Kelly Gang . Zusammenfassung 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.
