Oscar and Lucinda

by Peter Carey

Rating: 4 (2 votes)

Tags: Set in Australia Male author

Oscar and Lucinda

Description:
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. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia. Peter Carey's visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.

Reviews:

Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for David
(2 months ago)
22 Sep, 2024
Read June 22, 2024 4.5/5.0 Very good read. Definitely recommend.

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