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Gould's Book of Fish
Gould's Book of Fish
Richard Flanagan (born 1961)
English editions
Written in EnglishGould's Book of Fish
Vintage · United Kingdom · 26 May 2016 · Paperback · 480 pages
Gould's Book of Fish
Pan Macmillan Australia · Australia · 2001 · 404 pages
Gould's Book of Fish
Grove Press · United States · 1 April 2002 · Hardcover · 416 pages
Gould's Book of Fish
Atlantic Books · United Kingdom · 10 June 2002 · Hardcover · 404 pages
Gould's Book of Fish
Grove Press · United States · 21 January 2003 · Paperback · 416 pages
Gould's Book of Fish
Penguin · Australia · 12 April 2023 · Paperback · 480 pages
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In present-day Tasmania a con man who fakes antiques comes upon a strange illustrated manuscript and, once it is gone, sets out to rewrite it from memory. Its author is William Buelow Gould, a convict, liar and forger shipped from England to the penal settlement on Sarah Island, ruled like a personal fiefdom by a mad Commandant who wears a golden mask. Gould wins the favour of the surgeon Tobias Achilles Lempriere, a zealot for science who wants the definitive catalogue of the island's fish and has Gould paint them. Between the paintings Gould records the cruelty and madness of the colony, his past crimes, and his love for a black woman, the warder's mistress, learning too late what such love can cost.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Australia, 1820s–1830s
- First published
- 2001
- Author's age
- 40 when first published
- ISBN
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9780330363037 (Pan Macmillan Australia, Australia)
9780802117113 (Grove Press, United States)
9781843540212 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)
9780802139597 (Grove Press, United States)
9781784702892 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9781761048135 (Penguin, Australia)
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