Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda
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Summary
Set onboard an ocean liner travelling to Australia in 1864, this novel is both a love story and an historical tour-de-force that relates the developing romance between Oscar Hopkins, an Oxford seminarian, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass.
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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Set onboard an ocean liner travelling to Australia in 1864, this novel is both a love story and an historical tour-de-force that relates the developing romance between Oscar Hopkins, an Oxford seminarian, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. Australian writer Peter Carey is the author of a selection of short stories, "The Fat Man in History" and two novels, "Bliss" and "Illywhacker".| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571153046 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571153046 |
| Title | Oscar and Lucinda |
| Author | Peter Carey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1989-06-19 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Prizes | Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1988, Short-listed for Best of the Booker 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |