Oscar Hopkins follows in his father’s
footstep to read for the Anglican ministry at Oxford University.While there IanWardley-Fish takes him to the racetrack Oscar devises an elaborate betting system
and is able money to his mentor the impoverished Anglican minister Hugh
Stratton. Oscar becomes a school
teacher, but to save himself from the vice of gambling joins a mission to
Australia.
On the same ship is Lucinda, who is
returning to
Australia after studying glass manufacture. Lucinda
inherited a farm in Australia and bought a glass factory
in Sydney. She ran it with the assistance of Dennis Hasset, who knows about glass, and Jimmy d’Abbs her accountant. Lucinda often visited d’Abbs house to gamble. On the ship Oscar and Lucinda spend the night playing cards. The next time they meet is in Sydney, where there association continues, with most unexpected consequences.
Australia after studying glass manufacture. Lucinda
inherited a farm in Australia and bought a glass factory
in Sydney. She ran it with the assistance of Dennis Hasset, who knows about glass, and Jimmy d’Abbs her accountant. Lucinda often visited d’Abbs house to gamble. On the ship Oscar and Lucinda spend the night playing cards. The next time they meet is in Sydney, where there association continues, with most unexpected consequences.
This novel won the Booker Prize in
1988 and three literary prizes the next year. The novel shows the eccentricity and
relative integrity of Oscar and Lucinda, who are isolated from so-called respectable
society. It is a moving story with many unexpected twists and turns.
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