English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
This novel tells two parallel stories: one of three eccentric Englishmen who set sail for Tasmania to find the garden of Eden; the other of a young Tasmanian aborigine and his tribe, struggling against the invading British, who prove as lethal in their good intentions as in their cruelty.SKU | GOR002643184 |
ISBN 13 | 9780241140680 |
ISBN 10 | 0241140684 |
Title | English Passengers |
Author | Matthew Kneale |
Condition | very good |
Binding type | Hardback |
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Year published | 2000-03-02 |
Number of pages | 480 |
Prizes | Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000, Winner of Whitbread Prize (Novel) 2000, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 2000, Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 2000 |
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