Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0679777504
- ISBN 13
- 9780679777502
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, 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
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042103
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Author
- Peter Carey
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679777504
- ISBN 13
- 9780679777502
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
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