Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey

Name: Oscar and Lucinda By Peter Carey
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Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

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Summary

Made for each other, clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love.

Oscar and Lucinda Summary

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love.

About Peter Carey

Peter Carey was born in 1943 in Australia and lives in New York. He is the author of the highly acclaimed selection of short stories, The Fat Man in History, seven novels, Bliss, Illywhacker (shortlisted for the 1985 Booker Prize), Oscar and Lucinda (winner of the 1988 Booker Prize), The Tax Inspector, The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith, Jack Maggs (winner of the 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize) and True History of the Kelly Gang (winner of the 2001 Booker Prize), and a book for children, The Big Bazoohley. Oscar and Lucinda was made into a film starring Ralph Fiennes.

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Sku

GOR001315779

ISBN 13

9780571244171

ISBN 10

0571244173

Title

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

Author

Peter Carey

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Year published

2008-05-01

Number of pages

544

Prizes

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

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us