Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060159081
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159085
- Seller
-
Simi Valley, California, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row, 1988-05-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.5000 9.3000 6.5000. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. Like shelf wear. May contain some writing and or highlighting within.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Schwabe Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0002224030
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060159081
- ISBN 13
- 9780060159085
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988-05-01
- Size
- 1.5000 9.3000 6.5000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 1.8500 lb
- Product_type
- Books
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