Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all the living things on the land and the fishes in the sea were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a convict in Van Dieman's Land 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, forger, fantasist, condemned to live in the most brutal penal colony in the British Empire, and there ordered to paint a book of fish.Once upon a time, miraculous things happened....
Richard Flanagan is the author of Death of a River Guide (Picador) and The Sound of One Hand Clapping (Picador), both of which were published to international acclaim.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843541462 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843541467 |
| Title | Gould's Book of Fish |
| Author | Richard Flanagan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2002-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 404 |
| Prizes | Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 2002, Winner of The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2002, Short-listed for Age Book of the Year: Fiction 2002, Short-listed for Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Best Fiction Book 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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