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Winner of the Commonwealth Prize

New York Times Book Review—Notable Fiction 2002

Entertainment Weekly—Best Fiction of 2002

Los Angeles Times Book Review—Best of the Best 2002

Washington Post Book World—Raves 2002

Chicago Tribune—Favorite Books of 2002

Christian Science Monitor—Best Books 2002

Publishers Weekly—Best Books of 2002

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2 authors picked Gould's Book of Fish as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Completely unlike anything I'd read before. Larger than life. Phantasmagorical characters and settings. A truly out-of-the-ordinary book.

An island off Tasmania, a convict prison, a convict artist and writer--a fantastical dream which in the end is in ruins and the artist becomes a fish. Or, it is a story that opens another line into the grotesque inhumanity in the time of Australian colonisation. This is a true story. In the end we realise we don't know the truth, and at the same time know more about violence than we ever wanted to know.

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