Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0702227609
- ISBN 13
- 9780702227608
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the Cornish son of a Plymouth Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they are both obsessive gamblers.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027733
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0702227609
- ISBN 13
- 9780702227608
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Place of Publication
- Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- FICTION, HISTORICAL AUSTRALIA, CLERGY HUMOR IRONY
- X weight
- 0 oz
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