Gould's Book of Fish

Gould's Book of Fish

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name = Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
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author = Richard Flanagan
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country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Pan Macmillan, Australia
release_date = 2001
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media_type = Print Hardback & Paperback
pages = 404 pp
isbn = ISBN 0330363034
preceded_by = The Sound of One Hand Clapping
followed_by = The Unknown Terrorist

Gould's Book of Fish is a 2001 novel by Richard Flanagan, based on the history of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on the West Coast of Tasmania. It is also of importance in the understanding of the context of Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania through the life of William Buelow Gould, convict.

On the original hardback edition of 2001 and the subsequent paperback reprints of 2002 and 2003 - "the sea dragon" painting by William Buelow Gould is the dominant image of the cover. The sea dragon also finds its way onto the cover of Richard Davey's "Sarah Island Conspiracies" - as well as the "'Tasmanian Historical Studies" issue dedicated to "Tasmanian Creativity and Innovation" [ "Tasmanian Historical Studies" Volume 8 No. 2 (2003) - see also C.A. Cranston "Rambling in Overdrive" pp.28-39 - specially pp.37-39 where the Sea dragons - Weedy sea dragon, Leafy sea dragon and Flanagans book intersect ]

Awards

*Commonwealth Writers Prize, South-East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2002: winner
*Commonwealth Writers Prize, Overall Best Book Award, 2002: winner
*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2002: shortlisted
*Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2002: winner
*Booksellers Choice Award, 2001: shortlisted

Reviews

*"Australian Book Review" [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Oct01/brianmatthews.html]
*"The Christian Science Monitor" [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0328/p15s01-bogn.html]
*"The Daily Telegraph" [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/06/02/bofla05.xml]
*"The Guardian" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/jun/01/featuresreviews.guardianreview23]
*"The Observer" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/may/26/fiction.features1]

References

ee also

* Richard Davey


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