{"product_id":"goulds-book-of-fish-a-novel-in-12-fish-9780802139597","title":"Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e--Notable Fiction 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e--Best Fiction of 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e--Best of the Best 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e--Raves 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e--Favorite Books of 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e--Best Books 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e--Best Books of 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e--Year's Best Books \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e--Standout Books of 2002 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce upon a time, when the earth was still young, before the fish in the sea and all the living things on land began to be destroyed, a man named William Buelow Gould was sentenced to life imprisonment at the most feared penal colony in the British Empire, and there ordered to paint a book of fish. He fell in love with the black mistress of the warder and discovered too late that to love is not safe; he attempted to keep a record of the strange reality he saw in prison, only to realize that history is not written by those who are ruled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed as a masterpiece around the world, \u003ci\u003eGould's Book of Fish\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a marvelously imagined epic of nineteenth-century Australia and a contemporary fable, a tale of horror, and a celebration of love, all transformed by a convict painter into pictures of fish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-930006\"\u003eRichard Flanagan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802139597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802139590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711461134573,"sku":"9780802139597","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3c198eb3-051d-404d-b912-a1a10b0fd80f.jpg?v=1650161511","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/goulds-book-of-fish-a-novel-in-12-fish-9780802139597","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}