Super Short Summary

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey is a satirical novel about Englishman Oscar Hopkins and Australian heiress Lucinda Leplastrier who meet on a ship to Australia. Both are passionate gamblers and form a bond that grows as they work together on Lucinda's glassworks project. Their unconventional relationship faces societal disapproval in Sydney and entangles them in a high-stakes bet involving the construction of a glass church.