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Peter Carey’s Latest Novel
Monday, February 18, 2008
Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey’s latest novel is His Illegal Self. The protagonist is Che Selkirk, the precocious young son of 1960s radicals.
Event: Peter Carey will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, February 21 at 7 pm
The Lillian Vernon House
New York University
58 West 10th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
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Leonard, when you mentioned how *often* Peter Carey wrote about *orphans*, I had to wonder if you were deliberately referencing "The Pirates of Penzance"! (Even though the 2 words aren't quite homophones without the British accent.)
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