
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
Title:
Oscar and Lucinda
Author:
Peter Carey
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
544 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571270163
EAN:
9780571270163
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
546
Dimensions (mm):
196 x 127 x 36
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.




















