His Illegal Self — Peter Carey

Author: Peter Carey
Publisher: Random House Australia
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: First Australian edition, 2008
ISBN: 9781741665352
Condition: Good second-hand condition. Ex-library copy with Marian College Resource Centre stamp to front endpaper and some sticker residue/removed label marks. Light shelf wear to boards and jacket edges. Binding remains solid and clean overall. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Set during the political turbulence of the 1970s, His Illegal Self follows seven-year-old Che Selkirk as he is smuggled from America to Australia after his radical activist mother disappears underground. Moving between New York and the counterculture communities of northern Queensland, the novel explores politics, identity, idealism, and the complicated emotional world of childhood.