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Oscar & Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571153046
- ISBN 13
- 9780571153046
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Pages slightly tanned, otherwise excellent..
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
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010357
- Title
- Oscar & Lucinda
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571153046
- ISBN 13
- 9780571153046
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- CLERGY FICTION AUSTRALIA HISTORICAL
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