Carey, Peter

Summary: Olivier is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. They are born on different sides of history, but their lives will be connected in the United States by an enigmatic one-armed marquis.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2010

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Carey, Peter

Summary: This is the story of two men who begin their lives on different ends of the human spectrum. Olivier is an aristocrat, born in France just after the Revolution, while Parrot is the son of an itinerant English printer. Part of Carey's provocative genius is that, even in the title, Parrot is named before Olivier: it's the late 18th century and both men have swallowed the handcuffs of history. The...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

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Daley, Robert

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005

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Robinson, Peter

Summary: Unable to forgive himself for his possible role in the disappearance of a childhood friend, Detective Inspector Alan Banks finds himself confronting the unsolved case thirty-five years later when his friend's body is discovered.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003

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Robinson, Peter

Summary: Haunted by the thought that he could possibly have caused the disappearance and presumed death of his best friend over thirty-five years before, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is now consumed by a job that threatens to send him over the edge.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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