A savagely beautiful novel about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.
Some years, very good books win the Man Booker Prize but this year
a masterpiece has won it
*A.C. Grayling, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2014*
a virtuoso performance… every time I pick up the book, I feel – and
I mean it – sparks of fire, from some imaginary battlefield. It is
that vivid.
*Metro*
Well worth a read.
*Huffington Post*
Profoundly moving.
*Reading Matters*
The writing is exquisite.
*Daily Mail*
The quality of the writing is extraordinary and the emotions it
provoked in me have never left
*Week*
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