This novel tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling and Lucinda Leplastrier, a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1865. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be changed forever...Peter Carey is the author of "The Fat Man in History", "Bliss" which won the Miles Franklin Award and the NSW Premier Award, and "Illywhacker", which was shortlisted for the 1985 Booker prize.
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This novel tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling and Lucinda Leplastrier, a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1865. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be changed forever...Peter Carey is the author of "The Fat Man in History", "Bliss" which won the Miles Franklin Award and the NSW Premier Award, and "Illywhacker", which was shortlisted for the 1985 Booker prize.
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Very Good in Near Fine jacket. Book. Inscribed by Author(s) First American edition, first printing, hard cover. Tan cloth with copper titles on spine and front board. 433 pages. Very good with head/tail of spine bumped and former owner's name on front free endpaper, in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to edges at corners, including 1/2" tear to bottom edge at front corner. Mylar cover on jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front title page: "To Elaine with my best wishes Peter Carey. Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize. Basis for the movie of same name.
Add this copy of Oscar and Lucinda to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Resource for Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ivoryton, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Faber and Faber.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 1x1x1; Sound/square binding, no ownership markings, light yellowing to pages: DJ complete, in Mylar wraps, touch of rubbing along spine edges: Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
Add this copy of Oscar and Lucinda to cart. $27.00, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Harper & Row.
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SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First U.S. edition stated on copyright page with corresponding number line Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 433 pages. First American Edition. Carey's third novel, winner of the 1988 Booker Prize. Filmed in 1997. Contains a chapter, "A Degree from Oxford, " which does not appear in the British or Australian versions. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Add this copy of Oscar & Lucinda to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Ziebarth Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Coal Valley, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Harper & Row.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) First American edition, first printing, hard cover. Tan cloth with copper titles on spine and front board. 433 pages. Near fine with head/tail of spine bumped, in a very good dust jacket with light wear to edges at spine and corners. Mylar cover on jacket. SIGNED (signature only) by the author on the front title page. Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize. Basis for the movie of same name.
Peter Carey's wonderful historical fiction Oscar and Lucinda is something that some readers may pass by because of the average treatment it received in the cinemas. Pass by at your peril - it's a great read (though occasionally a bit off, researchwise) that speaks of gamblers, gambling and the opening up of Australia, over a century ago. Carey, a former advertising bod, has a simple, clear style that manages to convey something of the interconnectedness of life without sounding either preachy or smug. With a structure that mimics Patrick White's Voss, Oscar and Lucinda is a gambling-and-glassworks wonder, with more life on the page than on the screen.