Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571180957
- ISBN 13
- 9780571180950
- Seller
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Waterloo,, Ontario, Canada
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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
- Old Goat Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1139457
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571180957
- ISBN 13
- 9780571180950
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 16x16x16
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