Parrot and Olivier in America

Parrot and Olivier in America
	Cover of Australian edition
Author	Peter Carey
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton (Australia); Knopf/Doubleday (US); Faber & Faber (UK)
Publication date	2009 (Australia); 2010 (US & UK)
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	464 pp
ISBN	978-1-926428-14-7
OCLC	426034998

Parrot and Olivier in America is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize.^[1] It was also a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award.^[2]

The book, according to its publisher, is "an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville", and focuses on Tocqueville's trips to the United States.^[3] The novel mimic's this life with the fictional character, Olivier de Garmont, to the life of Tocqueville, to help the reader explore Tocqueville's life.^[3] The titular "Parrot" is Garmont's secretary, which New York Times reviewer Thomas Mallon describes as "Dickensian" character, and a guardian of Garmont as they explore the American environment.^[3]

While Carey was developing the novel, an extract was published as: Carey, Peter (Autumn 2009). "Parrot". Granta (108): 245–284.

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Critical reception[]

New York Times reviewer Thomas Mallon did not think the novel as a whole was very successful, though the style followed the quality of Carey's other working describing the novel as "replete with expressed feeling, if too wittily contrived for actual passion" and describes the novel as well written with each sentence "matchlessly robust".^[3]

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Images From The 2010 National Book Awards Medal Ceremony And Finalists Reading". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mallon, Thomas (2010-04-18). "Review:Tocqueville: The Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

Further reading[]

Guin, Ursula K. Le. "Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey | Book review". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
Schaub, Michael (May 11, 2010). "The Prince And The 'Parrot' Go To America". NPR.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
Charles, Ron (2010-04-28). "Book World: Ron Charles reviews 'Parrot & Olivier in America,' by Peter Carey". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
Preston, John. "Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey: review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Images From The 2010 National Book Awards Medal Ceremony And Finalists Reading". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[:0-3] Mallon, Thomas (2010-04-18). "Review:Tocqueville: The Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

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v t Works by Peter Carey
Novels	Bliss (1981) Illywhacker (1985) Oscar and Lucinda (1988) The Tax Inspector (1991) The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994) Jack Maggs (1997) True History of the Kelly Gang (2000) My Life as a Fake (2003) Theft: A Love Story (2006) His Illegal Self (2008) Parrot and Olivier in America (2010) The Chemistry of Tears (2012) Amnesia (2014) (2017)
Short story collections	(1974) (1979) (1980) (1990) (1994)
Juvenile fiction	(1995)
Non-fiction	(1994) 30 Days in Sydney (2001) (2001) Wrong about Japan (2004)
Screenplays	Bliss (1985) Until the End of the World (1991)