Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

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Summary

When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed . . Daring, rich, intense and bizarre, Peter Carey's Booker prize-winning novel is a brilliant achievement - a moving love story and a historical tour de force that is also powerfully contemporary.

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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Oscar Hopkins is an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1864. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed . . . Daring, rich, intense and bizarre, Peter Carey's Booker prize-winning novel is a brilliant achievement - a moving love story and a historical tour de force that is also powerfully contemporary.

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Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and again for True History of the Kelly Gang. His novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2010. His other honours include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York for twenty years.

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ISBN 13 9780571270163
ISBN 10 0571270166
Title Oscar and Lucinda
Author Peter Carey
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2011-02-03
Number of pages 544
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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