Charles McGrath talks with Peter Carey, whose new book, Parrot and Olivier in America, was released last week.
Mr. Carey’s new book is his first to be set in America. 'Parrot and Olivier' takes place in 1830 and is an “improvisation,” as Mr. Carey calls it, on the history of Alexis de Tocqueville, who appears here as the asthmatic, myopic, nosebleed-prone Olivier-Jean-Baptiste de Clarel de Barfleur de Garmont. – from “Peter Carey: at Home in Australia, New York and Writing,” by Charles McGrath, The New York Times
Mr. Carey’s new book is his first to be set in America. 'Parrot and Olivier' takes place in 1830 and is an “improvisation,” as Mr. Carey calls it, on the history of Alexis de Tocqueville, who appears here as the asthmatic, myopic, nosebleed-prone Olivier-Jean-Baptiste de Clarel de Barfleur de Garmont. – from “Peter Carey: at Home in Australia, New York and Writing,” by Charles McGrath, The New York Times