num_pages: 404
description: A forger and thief sentenced to life imprisonment in a penal colony in Tasmania, William Buelow Gould escapes, only to once again land in prison, where the prison doctor Lempriere utilizes his painting talents to create an illustrated taxonomy of the country's exotic sea creatures, in a novel set in early nineteenth-century Australia. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
titlecomplete: Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
genres: Fiction, Historical, Tasmania, Australia, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 5293
places: Tasmania
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: ALS Gold Medal
publisher: Grove Pr