Parrot and Olivier in America

Pages dog-eared.

The book, according to its publisher, is an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, and focuses on Tocqueville's trips to the United States. The novel mimic's this life with the fictional character, Olivier de Garmont, to the life of Tocqueville, to help the reader explore Tocqueville's life. The titular Parrot is Garmont's secretary, which New York Times reviewer Thomas Mallon describes as Dickensian character, and a guardian of Garmont as they explore the American environment.