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Gould's book of fish

by Richard Flanagan

This historical novel explores 19th-century Australia through the lives of convicts and colonists. The narrative chronicles the region's violent history via an unusual taxonomy of fish.

Accession 9628 ISBN 9781742755090 Publisher Random House
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