Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060159081
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159085
- Seller
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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
- Cheryl's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Hawkeye0309190172429
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060159081
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159085
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988-05-01
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 30 oz
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