Parrot and Olivier in America
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Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Stafford Carey
Olivier (a fictional variation of Alexis de Tocqueville) is the traumatized child of aristocratic survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English printer. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be joined by an enigmatic one-armed marquis. When Olivier sets sail for the nascent United States--ostensibly to make a study of the penal system, but more precisely to save his neck from one more revolution--Parrot will be there, too, as spy for the marquis and as protector, foe, and foil for Olivier. As the narrative shifts between Parrot and Olivier--their adventures in love and politics, prisons and finance, homelands and brave new lands--a most unlikely friendship begins to take hold. And with their story, Peter Carey explores the adventure of American democracy with dazzling inventiveness.Peter Carey is Senior Consultant with PDP, and Consultant with London law firm, Charles Russell. He has been described by the British Computer Society as one of the UK's leading data protection experts. Peter is one of the UK's foremost trainers on data protection law and practice and he regularly provides bespoke data protection training courses to large organizations.
In his consulting capacity, Peter advises all types of organizations, including charities and law firms, on compliance with UK and EU data protection law. He provides expert advice in all fields of data protection law including the implementation of data protection compliance measures, the drafting of internal data privacy policies, the content of outsourcing agreements, the legality of marketing initiatives, issues relating to the export of personal data outside the EEA and data protection compliance for employers.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780307592620 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307592626 |
| Title | Parrot and Olivier in America |
| Author | Peter Stafford Carey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2010-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 379 |
| Prizes | Commended for National Book Awards (Fiction) 2010, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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