Gould's Book of Fish
Author(s): Richard Flanagan
Once 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 & forger, condemned to the most feared penal colony in the British Empire and there ordered to paint a book of fish. Once upon a time, there were miracles...
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Richard Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961. His books include Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist and Wanting. He directed a feature film version of The Sound of One Hand Clapping. His journalism appears in various publications, including the New Yorker, Le Monde, S ddeutsche Zeitung, and la Repubblica. The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the 2014 Man Booker Prize and the 2014 Indie Book of the Year Award.
General Fields
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- : Random House Australia
- : Vintage (Australia)
- : 0.321
- : 01 February 2015
- : 19.70 cmmm X 13.40 cmmm X 3.30 cmmm
- : Australia
- : 01 June 2015
- : 09 January 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard Flanagan
- : Paperback
- : 615
- : en
- : 823
- : 480