Oscar and LucindaThe incomparable Oscar and Lucinda won Peter Carey his first Booker Prize, and the Miles Franklin Award. Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father's stern religion in favour of the Anglican Church. Lucinda Leplastrier, a frizzy haired heiress, impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well intentioned adviser. When the two finally meet, on board a ship to New South Wales, they