Book description
'A richly absorbing novel which can be relished for the beauties of
its prose and the pertinence of its themes.' Sunday Telegraph
Seven-year-old Che was abandoned by his radical Harvard student
parents during the upheaval of the 1960s, and since then has been
raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother. He yearns to
see or hear news of his famous outlaw parents, but his grandmother
refuses to tell him anything and forbids him to watch television. When
a woman named Dial comes to collect Che, it seems his wish has come
true: his mother has come back for him. But soon Che and Dial have
become outlaws as well, and Che is thrown into a world where nothing
is what it seems. 'Carey writes with beauty, audacity and wit about
this lost generation of idealists and ideologues.' Independent
'Extraordinarily powerful . . . A triumph - constantly disconcerting,
yet intensely readable.' Spectator 'Enthralling . . . psychologically
taut and starkly beautiful.' New York Times
Peter Carey is the author of nine novels, the most recent of
which was Theft: A Love Story. Born in Australia in 1943, he now lives
in New York. Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy in 1960 and has
since lived and worked in Australia, the US, and Britain. She now
lives outside Brighton with her two children. Scacchi's extensive film
career includes starring roles in such films as Heat and Dust (1983),
White Mischief (1987), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Player (1993) and
Country Life (1994). In 1996 she won an Emmy Award for her work in the
television film Rasputin, a role which also earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
