English Passengers A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)

Name: English Passengers A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)
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ISBN: 9780385497442

ISBN-10: 038549744X

ISBN-13: 9780385497442

Edition: N/A

Authors: Matthew Kneale

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In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men. Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people’s struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/16/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Matthew Kneale lives in Oxford, England.