His Illegal Self on playaway Author:Peter Carey Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloads just press play! — "Che is a precocious young boy raised in isolated privilege by his New Yo... more »rk grandmother. Yearning for his famous outlaw parents -- radical 1960s activists who are now among the FBI's most wanted -- he's denied access to television and the news. But he takes hope from his teenage neighbor, who predicts, ""They will come for you, man. They'll break you out of here.""
One afternoon, the prediction appears to come true. Soon, Che too is an outlaw, fleeing into the subway and pitched into a journey that leads to a hippie commune in the jungles of tropical Australia. Here, Che slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems.
""Carey, who has made a career out of boring into the psyches of scoundrels, delivers a cunning fugitive adventure [that]...barrels toward a bangup conclusion."" -- Publishers Weekly
Peter Carey is the author of nine previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he now lives in New York City.
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