Synopsis:
In this tour-de-force literary triumph, the bestselling author of The Ice Storm offers a masterly novel in the tradition of Updike and Roth. Over the course of a single incendiary night, a young man, his mother, and his stepfather discover the profound connections between the forces that bind both family and the society in which familial love is played out.
Format: Trade Paperback
Condition: Good-
ITEM CODE: 1175
TITLE: Parrot & Olivier in America
AUTHOR: Peter Carey
BINDING: Trade Paperback
PUBLICATION DETAILS:
Vintage International, Vintage Books (New York)
Copyright 2009 by Peter Carey
First Vintage International Edition, January 2011; First Printing
ISBN: 9780307476012
AWARDS:
Man Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2010)
National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2010)
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Nominee for Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (2011)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2010)
BOOK CONDITION:
Like new, in fine unread condition in fine pictorial cover with minimal shelf wear, light rub to spine fold; light dust to text block edges, otherwise clean and unmarked pages; spine is solid, binding tight.
SUMMARY/SYNOPSIS:
Olivier—an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville—is an aristocrat born just after the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English engraver. Their lives are joined when Olivier sets sail for the New World to save his neck from one more revolution and Parrot is sent with him as spy, protector, foe, and foil. With the story of their unlikely friendship, Peter Carey explores the adventure of American democracy with the dazzling inventiveness and richness of characterization, story, and language that we have come to expect from this superlative writer.
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-Separate sections for recommended portions of protein, vegetables and grains
-Middle section designed for sauces and condiments
-Plate transforms as child grows
-Steady, weighed non-slip base keeps spills to a minimum
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-Separate sections for recommended portions of protein, vegetables and grains
-Middle section designed for sauces and condiments
-Plate transforms as child grows
-Steady, weighed non-slip base keeps spills to a minimum
-Plate and ring separate for ease of cleaning
-Free of BPA, phthalates and PVC
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Synopsis:
When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish; John Alden; Constance Hopkins. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart; they were not escaping religious persecution. Indeed, they were not even human. They were vampires.The vampires assimilated quickly into the New World. Rising to levels of enormous power, wealth, and influence, they were the celebrated blue bloods of American society.
The Blue Bloods vowed that their immortal status would remain a closely guarded secret. And they kept that secret for centuries. But now, in New York City, the secret is seeping out. Schuyler Van Alen is a sophomore at a prestigious private school. She prefers baggy, vintage clothes instead of the Prada and pearls worn by her classmates, and she lives with her reclusive grandmother in a dilapated mansion. Schuyler is a loner...and happy that way. Suddenly, when she turns fifteen, there is a visible mosaic of blue veins on her arm. She starts to crave raw food and she is having flashbacks to ancient times. Then a popular girl from her school is found dead... drained of all her blood. Schuyler doesn't know what to think, but she wants to find out the secrets the Blue Bloods are keeping. But is she herself in danger?
Format: Trade Paperback
Condition: Like New
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