Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey / Author HarperCollins Publishers $13 (0p) ISBN 97
``If Illywhacker astounded us with its imaginative richness, this latest Carey novel does so again, with a masterly sureness of touch added. It's a story, in a sense the story, of mid-19th century England and Australia, narrated by a man of our time, and therefore permeated with modern consciousness,'' stated PW. The novel won the Booker Prize. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/01/1989
Genre: Fiction