Author(s): Richard Flanagan

RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Australian Fiction

Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all fishes in the sea and all living things on the land were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a white convict 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, condemned to the most feared penal colony in the British Empire and there ordered to paint a book of fish. Once upon a time, there were miracles. . . (Preceeding text courtesy www.panmacmillan.com.au) Hardback

Picador, 2001. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in a fine d/w that is now in a protective cover. This copy has been SIGNED (not inscribed) by the author on the half title page. Scans available if required.