| 词条 | His Illegal Self |
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| name = His Illegal Self | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:His_Illegal_Self.png | caption = | author = Peter Carey | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = | genre = Literary | publisher = Random House, Australia | release_date = 2008 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 270 pp | isbn = 9781741665352 | oclc = | preceded_by = A Love Story | followed_by = Parrot and Olivier in America }} His Illegal Self is a 2008 novel by Australian author Peter Carey. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Plot summaryThe novel is set in 1972, and the main character Che Selkirk is being brought up in New York by his grandmother. On a rare excursion to the city from his isolated home on Kenoza Lake in upstate New York, Che meets a woman who he believes is his mother. The woman, Dial, attempts to arrange a meeting between Che and his mother but this is cancelled after Che's mother is killed while attempting to plant a bomb. Dial then takes the boy away from New York, first to Seattle where they briefly meet Che's father, and then on to Queensland in Australia. Dial and Che eventually settle into a hippie commune while still attempting to evade the authorities. Awards
NotesThe novel carried the following dedication: "For Bel" Reviews
References1. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/books/review/Schillinger-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Child of the Revolution" by Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times, 10 February 2008] {{Peter Carey}}{{DEFAULTSORT:His Illegal Self}}2. ^The Sydney Morning Herald, review by Andrew Reimer, 4 February 2008 3 : 2008 Australian novels|Novels set in New York (state)|Novels by Peter Carey |
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