His Illegal Self (Audiobook)

from bibliobibuli

In Peter Carey's new novel His Illegal Self, the child, a seven year old called Che is not only a willing party to abduction, he's actually been waiting for it. They will come for you, man. they'll break you out of here his neighbour predicts, referring to the boy's parents, famous student radica...

from hoigagarin

Peter Carey is one of my all time favorite authors and this is his new book. Peter Carey writes in a way that is surprising and convincing at the same time. He lets you see events through the eyes of his characters, and his characters through the eyes of other characters. He can take you back in ...

from coolmama

Beautiful, lyrical writing from Carey. 8 year old Che, son of SDS underground parents is taken by associate Ana/Dial to visit his mother. Tragedy ensures. Ana/Dial must make Che safe and brings him to hippie commune in Australia. Heart renching beauty and story between guardian/boy/hippies.

from bookfest

Spoiler alert. Dial's character emerges throughout the novel, as bits of her history are revealed and as she copes with her unexpected circumstances. A scholarship student from Southie, who should be starting her career at Vasaar, she is yanked back into the politics of the 60s by Susan Selkirk, ...

from Eoin

Carey writes like a tightrope walker. The risks he takes sentence to sentence, image to image would be reckless if he hadn't been doing it so well for so many books. He keeps pushing it and succeeding. A master at the height of his considerable powers. I love this guy.