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The most remarkable novel yet from the internationally acclaimed author of Death of a River Guide and The Sound of One Hand Clapping, this is a marvelous historical epic of 19th century Australia, a world of convicts and colonists, thieves and catamites, whose bloody history is recorded in a very un...

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Main Author: Flanagan, Richard, 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grove Press, [2001]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Gould, William Buelow, > 1803-1853 > Fiction.
Gould, William Buelow, > 1803-1853
Marine animals in art > Fiction.
Prisoners as artists > Fiction.
Penal colonies > Fiction.
Fishes in art > Fiction.
Australia > Fiction.
Prisoners > Fiction.
Painters > Fiction.
Australia, > setting.
Nineteenth century, > setting.
Australia.
Nineteenth century.
Historical fiction.
Faune marine dans l'art > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Artistes prisonniers > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Poissons dans l'art > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Australie > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Prisonniers > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Peintres > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Australie.
Dix-neuvième siècle.
Nineteenth century
Fishes in art
Marine animals in art
Painters
Penal colonies
Prisoners
Prisoners as artists
Australia
Fictional Work
Novels
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Biographical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
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Summary:The most remarkable novel yet from the internationally acclaimed author of Death of a River Guide and The Sound of One Hand Clapping, this is a marvelous historical epic of 19th century Australia, a world of convicts and colonists, thieves and catamites, whose bloody history is recorded in a very unusual taxonomy of fish.
Item Description:Originally published: Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 2001.
Physical Description:404 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:0802117112
9780802117113
0330363034
9780330363037
0330363786
9780330363785