OSCAR AND LUCINDA is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel set in nineteenth-century England and Australia where the two potential lovers lead parallel lives until chance brings them together on board ship. A narrative tangle of love, religion, gambling, commerce and colonialism culminates in a nightmare expedition – the result of a wager – to transport a glass church across the Australian wilderness. In TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG the legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly speaks for himself in a voice that is direct, colloquial, theatrical, and utterly magical. To his pursuers he is nothing but a monstrous criminal, but to his own people he is a hero, defying British imperial authority in support of the poor Irish settlers who are its victims. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Carey brings the famous bushranger unforgettably to life.
| ISBN: | 9781841593968 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2019 |
| Author: | Peter Carey, Peter Giles |
| Publisher: | Everyman's Library an imprint of Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 936 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction |