Oscar and Lucinda [Signed]
by CAREY, Peter
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20823
- Title
- Oscar and Lucinda [Signed]
- Author
- CAREY, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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