The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

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Carey creates a fully realized parallel universe in this unusual novel set in Efica, an island nation under the political and cultural domination of the larger Voorstand. Part Bildungsroman, part political allegory, and part meditation on identity, this novel traces the first 23 years of Tristan, its eponymous narrator, a hideously deformed dwarf and son of actress Felicity Smith. Tristan tells of his early adventures with the company, culminating with Felicity's fatal foray into politics. He recounts his later travels in Voorstand in search of Bill Millefleur, an actor he believes to be his father.