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What a romp through late 18th/early 19th century England, France, and the American colonies.
Carey alternates chapters written by his two characters Olivier and Parrot. Olivier is modeled after Alexis de Toqueville. How accurate the model is I cannot say, though I am actually tempted to read some Toqueville now--apparently if you know his Democracy in America, Volume 1, there are in jokes. Or something.
So, Olivier is a French aristocrat and mama's boy. Asthmatic, spoiled, generally unhappy, he lo ...more
Carey alternates chapters written by his two characters Olivier and Parrot. Olivier is modeled after Alexis de Toqueville. How accurate the model is I cannot say, though I am actually tempted to read some Toqueville now--apparently if you know his Democracy in America, Volume 1, there are in jokes. Or something.
So, Olivier is a French aristocrat and mama's boy. Asthmatic, spoiled, generally unhappy, he lo ...more
Winding and boring book. Can't push through it.
The end. ...more
The end. ...more
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marked it as to-read
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