His Illegal Self

Author(s): Peter Carey

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Che is the precocious son of radical student activists at Harvard in the late sixties. Raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother, he yearns for his famous outlaw parents. Soon Che too is an outlaw- fleeing down subways, abandoning seedy motels at night, he is pitched into a journey that leads him to a hippie commune in the rainforests of Queensland. Here he slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems. Who is his real mother? Was that his real father? If all he suspects is true, what should he do?

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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781760896508
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Penguin Random House Australia
  • : 266.0
  • : March 2020
  • : 197mm x 130mm x 197mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Carey
  • : Paperback
  • : 288
  • : FA