Gould’s Book of Fish
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FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all fishes in the sea and all living things on the land were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a white convict who fell in love with a black woman and discovered too late that to love is not safe. Silly Billy Gould, invader of Australia, liar, murderer and forger, condemned to the most feared penal colony in the British Empire and there ordered to paint a book of fish.
Additional information
Dimensions | 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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Format | Paperback |
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Pages | 480 |
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Year Published | 2016-5-26 |
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Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN 10 | 1784702897 |
About The Author | Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014. |
Review Quote | A masterpiece |
Other text | Flanagan's masterpiece |