Oscar and Lucinda: Peter Carey
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.
Tags:
- Categorised as:
- Fiction
- Sub-categories:
- General Fiction
- Places:
- Australia
- Genres & Themes:
- Chance; Gambling; Love; Romance
- Awards & Prizes:
- Man Booker Prize - Winner 1988; Miles Franklin Award - Winner
- Selected edition:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780571244171
- Published:
- 01.05.2008
- No of pages:
- 544
