false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193863240m/1387842.jpg 1387842 15 <i>His Illegal Self</i> is the story of Che&#8212;raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother, he is the precocious son of radical student activists at Harvard in the late sixties. Yearning for his famous outlaw parents, denied all access to television and the news, he takes hope from his long-haired teenage neighbor, who predicts, <i>They will come for you, man. They'll break you out of here.</i> 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 jungle of tropical 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? Never sentimental, <i>His Illegal Self</i> is an achingly beautiful story of the love between a young woman and a little boy. It may make you cry more than once before it lifts your spirit in the most lovely, artful, unexpected way. 2885327 book 5 2 2008 His Illegal Self total:504|5:48|4:142|3:182|2:92|1:40| 504 1578 982 145 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 20:54:45 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 20:54:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 23:16:04 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 23:33:07 -0800 2008 No.
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Carey tells this tale mainly from two characters' perspectives: a boy/son/grandson, Che or Jay, and a mother/kidnapper/revolutionary, Dial or Anna. Confused? Try reading the novel. The prose isn'...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Sep 12 12:29:28 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 12:36:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 16:05:57 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 21 18:55:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:03:20 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:07:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 15:29:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 15:29:31 -0800 2009 "With our protagonists no longer on the run, it finally becomes apparent what this novel is really about. It is a love letter to nature, and to the Australian wilderness in particular. Through the characters of this boy and woman, both cosseted urban...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 06:36:06 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 06:36:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 16:56:14 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 01 07:40:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:28:06 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 13:44:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 22:55:41 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 03:04:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 14:04:48 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 13:51:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 14:35:29 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 14:38:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:55:22 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:55:22 -0800 2009 The mother-son relationship forms the heart of Peter Carey's new novel, and critics agreed that the touching bond that develops between the two gives the book its merit. Carey packs a strong emotional punch as he explores Dial's conflicted view of motherhood and Che's desperate love, attachments, an...

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Also like a manisfesto however, this tale of the young son of American radicals is just as often a record of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 12:38:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 11:16:10 -0700 2009 His Illegal Self doesn't...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 12:32:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 15:01:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 00:06:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:56:52 -0700 2009
I know it's in vo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:06:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:45:48 -0800 2009 The action takes place in the tumultuous 60s.Parents of young Che Selkirk are members of the Students for a Democratic Society. Che lives with his rich grandmo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 06:55:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 06:14:15 -0700 2009 His Illegal Self. Che is the son of underground 60s radicals who lives a privileged life with his wealthy grandmother and waits for his parents to liberate him. When that happens, he goes underground, too. Only, nothing is as it seems. Myths crumble. Underground i...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 11:22:45 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 10:28:53 -0700 2009
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