Gould's Book of Fish - A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan

Paperback edition of an acclaimed novel based on the life of botanic artist William Buelow Gould (1801-53), first published 2001. In this account, Gould is a white convict condemned to the most feared penal colony in the British Empire - Port Arthur, Tasmania - in 1828 and there ordered to paint a book of fish. Gould, invader of Australia, liar, murderer and forger, falls in love with a black woman and discovers too late that to love is not safe. A section at the end of the book presents colour reproductions of Gould's original art work. The book has been awarded the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize and Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal. The original edition, which featured a different print colour for each chapter, received the Australian Publisher's Association 2002 Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Best Designed Book of the Year, Hodder Headline Best Designed Literary Fiction Book, and Publishing Project of the Year awards. Other titles by the author include 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping' and 'Death of a River Guide'. This 2004 Picador Paperback is in fair condition. Tanning.

ISBN: 9780330363785 SKU: 1550733 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.