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Olivier is a French aristocrat the traumatized child of survivors of the Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. When Olivier sets sail for the New World ostensibly to study its prisons but in reality to save his neck from one more revolution
- Parrot is sent with him as spy protector foe & foil. As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot & Olivier & their picaresque travels together & apart
- in love & politics prisons & the world of art
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Printer - A device used for the physical output of documents
neck - A part of the body distinguishing the head from the torso.
History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.
Adventure - an undertaking of an exciting challenge or experience.

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