His Illegal Self

Opis książki:

Carey, who has made a career out of boring into the psyches of scoundrels, delivers a cunning fugitive adventure set largely in the wilds of Australia. Raised by his boho-turned-bourgeois grandmother on New Yorks Upper East Side, Che Selkirk, seven years old in 1972, hasnt seen his Weathermenesque parents since he was a toddler, but when a young woman who calls herself Dial walks into Ches apartment one afternoon, he believes his mother has finally come. Within two hours, Dial and Che are on the lam and heading for Philly as Ches kidnapping hits the news. Unexpected trouble strikes, and soon the boy and Dial, who doesnt know how or if to tell Che that she is only a messenger who was supposed to escort him to meet his mother, land in a hippie commune in the Australian outback. The novel sags as Dial, with the help of local illiterate feral hippie Trevor, tries to make the primitive living situation work; the drama consists largely of commune infighting and the travails of living without running water, but the narrative eventually regains its thrust and barrels toward a bang-up conclusion. While this novel lacks the boldness of Theft or the sweep of Oscar and Lucinda, its still a fine addition to the authors oeuvre.

Książka "His Illegal Self" - Peter Carey - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo Faber And Faber Ltd.. Książka posiada 274 stron i została wydana w 2008 r.