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Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

by PeterCarey (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

    $4.18

  • Used

    Paperback 1988

    $3.24

  • Used

    Hardcover 1997

    $14.44

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    Paperback 1997

    $21.25
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 544
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 01 May 2008
ISBN 10: 0571244173
ISBN 13: 9780571244171
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the Best of the Booker in 2008.
 Prizes: Shortlisted for Best of the Booker 2008.

Author Bio
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.