Best books of 2010: fiction

5. "Parrot and Olivier in America," by Peter Carey

"Parrot and Olivier in America," by Peter Carey (Alfred A. Knopf, 400 pp., $26.95). A French aristocrat and his British servant travel to America to study its penal system in this unlikely but delightful early 19th-century buddy comedy. (CSMonitor.com, 5/12/10)

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