Oscar and Lucinda.
by Carey, Peter (signed)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
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Penguin, Tasmania, Australia
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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
- Thylacine Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- c2376
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda.
- Author
- Carey, Peter (signed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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