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The
2003 Award
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Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Picador ISBN : 0330363034 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| 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, 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…… |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Richard Flanagan is the author of Death of a River Guide and The Sound of One Hand Clapping, both of which have been published to international acclaim. Gould's Book of Fish won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Best Book Prize. |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: Read
an excerpt from Gould's Book of Fish : a Novel in 12 Fish.
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