Gould's Book of Fish

Gould's Book of Fish

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Condition: SECONDHAND

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Richard Flanagan

Format: Hardback

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Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlisted for the 2002 Miles Franklin Literary Award 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 and forger, was 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... This book was published by Picador - Pan Macmillan Australia in 2001. This first edition is in very good condition, with the dust jacket showing some shelf wear. Signed by the author. Has an inscription on the front page.



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Description
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Richard Flanagan

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages:


Winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlisted for the 2002 Miles Franklin Literary Award 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 and forger, was 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... This book was published by Picador - Pan Macmillan Australia in 2001. This first edition is in very good condition, with the dust jacket showing some shelf wear. Signed by the author. Has an inscription on the front page.