His Illegal Self

His Illegal Self
Peter Carey
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3 Mar 2020 AU
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9781760896508
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It is 1972 and Che, a precocious seven-almost-eight-year-old boy, leads a rather bourgeois life on Park Avenue with his eccentric grandmother. His parents are young radicals in hiding from the FBI'he has never even met his father and he last saw his mother at the age of two. Che is ecstatic when a woman called Dial'who he believes is his mother'appears at his front door to take him out for lunch. They skip the meal and Dial whisks Che off on a serpentine adventure, luring him with the promise of a big 'surprise' and the idea that he has finally found someone to love. Eventually they find themselves stranded on a turbulent hippie commune in Australia, a lonely boy and a reluctant kidnapper with no one to rely on but each other. His Illegal Self is a love story like no other. Simultaneously sinister and endearing, the incomparable perspectives and vividness of the characters' voices are mesmerizing. It is impossible not to be moved by the openness and innocence of this young boy, and by his willingness and inherent need to love and to trust anyone and everyone as he seeks out his parents.
Peter Carey is the multi-award-winning author of eight novels, plus two highly acclaimed collections of short stories and a memoir, WRONG ABOUT JAPAN. His books have won or been short-listed for every major literary award in Australia. He has won the Booker Prize twice - in 2001 for TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG and in 1988 for OSCAR AND LUCINDA. In 1998 he won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for JACK MAGGS, and again in 2001 for TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG. In 2007 he won the NSW Premier's Award and the Victorian Premier's Award for THEFT: A LOVE STORY. Born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Peter Carey now lives in New York.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760896508
Published: 3 Mar 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Books Australia
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288

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