Oscar and Lucinda

<p>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.<br>A narrative tangle of love religion gambling commerce and colonialism culminates in a nightmare expedition &#150; the result of a wager &#150; to transport a glass church across the Australian wilderness.<br><br> 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.</p>