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San Francisco Chronicle.
San Francisco Chronicle. is very, very hard to put down. There are many pleasures to be had here, chief among them the author’s gift for telling fascinating, entertaining stories
Oscar and Lucinda book.
Oscar and Lucinda book. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of Peter Carey's Booker Prize winning novel imagines Australia's youth, before its dynamic passions became dangerous habits. It is also a startling and unusual love story. Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling.
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker. They meet on the ship over to Australia, and discover that they are both gamblers, one obsessive, the other compulsive.
The book takes you places you least expect and is really a mental vision of Sydney and how tough it was even though the focus remained on Oscar and Lucinda.
Only 3 left in stock (more on the way). The book takes you places you least expect and is really a mental vision of Sydney and how tough it was even though the focus remained on Oscar and Lucinda. Not a book to pass up. Sure to entertain and capture your imagination.
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 set in Victorian times. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love.
Time A kind of rollercoaster ride.
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