num_pages: 404
description: In 1828, before all living things were destroyed, William Buelow Gould, a convict in Van Diemen's Land, fell in love with a black woman and discovered, too late, that love is not safe.
language: English
title: Gould's Book of Fish
titlecomplete: Gould's Book of Fish
genres: Fiction, Historical, Tasmania, Australia, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 5292
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: Atlantic Books