Oscar and Lucinda
Australian novelist, born 1943. Won the Booker Prize in 1988 and 2001.
Oscar and Lucinda is a 1988 novel by Peter Carey. It won the Booker Prize in 1988.
On 3 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Peter Carey
- First published
- 1988
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 1988
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Religion and faith, Love story, Empire and colonialism
Is Oscar and Lucinda worth reading?
3 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 80 | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1988) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Oscar and Lucinda
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2011), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9780571270163
How critics, prizes and readers rate Oscar and Lucinda
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 17% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Oscar and Lucinda
If you liked Oscar and Lucinda, try True History of the Kelly Gang, Parrot and Olivier in America or The Grapes of Wrath.
