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Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

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Oscar and Lucinda

by CAREY, Peter

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Very good/Fine
ISBN 10
0571148123
ISBN 13
9780571148127
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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fine. 512 p. 23 cm. Blue cloth in mylar-dustjacket. Signed by author on title page. Former owner's ink stamp on front free endpaper. Pages darkening.

Synopsis

Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the Cornish son of a Plymouth Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they are both obsessive gamblers.

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Bookseller
Attic Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
121750
Title
Oscar and Lucinda
Author
CAREY, Peter
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0571148123
ISBN 13
9780571148127
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1988
Keywords
Australian Literature
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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