{"product_id":"goulds-book-of-fish-9780802139597","title":"Gould's Book of Fish","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e—Notable Fiction 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e—Best Fiction of 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e—Best of the Best 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e—Raves 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e—Favorite Books of 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e—Best Books 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e—Best Books of 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e—Year’s Best Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e—Standout Books of 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Richard Flanagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955999871094,"sku":"9780802139597","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0063d6bd-c14b-4455-9a14-50f6ee34ebb9.jpg?v=1767711031","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/goulds-book-of-fish-9780802139597","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}