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Gould's book of fish a novel in twelve fish

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...

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Main Author: Flanagan, Richard, 1961-
Other Authors: Bower, Humphrey
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Bolinda Audio, p2004.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Gould, William Buelow, > 1803-1853 > Fiction.
Marine animals in art > Fiction.
Prisoners as artists > Fiction.
Penal colonies > Fiction.
Fishes in art > Fiction.
Australia > Fiction.
Prisoners > Fiction.
Painters > Fiction.
Biographical fiction > Australia.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Gould's book of fish won the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2002.
Physical Description:9 sound discs (ca. 11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:1740933745 :
Author Notes:Richard Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961. He received a Master of Letters degree from Oxford University. His first novel, Death of a River Guide, won Australia's National Fiction Award. His works include The Sound of One Hand Clapping, The Unknown Terrorist, and four history books. He has received numerous awards including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Gould's Book of Fish, the 2011 Tasmania Book Prize for Wanting, and the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. He directed a feature film version of The Sound of One Hand Clapping. He was also shortlisted for the UK Indie Booksellers Award with The Narrow Road to the Deep North. This same title was won the Margaret Scott Prize for best book by a Tasmanian writer 2015. In 2018, The Narrow Road to the Deep North will be made into an international television series. The University of Melbourne has appointed him as the Boisbouvier Founding Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, a new professorship to 'advance the teaching, understanding and public appreciation of Australian literature'.

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