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English Passengers

English Passengers

Matthew Kneale
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Narrated by over 20 voices, Matthew Kneale’s ambitious historical novel brings a past age to vivid and memorable life. "A richly satisfying debut… an original, impressively knowledgeable, and very moving historical novel" (Kirkus Reviews).

In the summer of 1857, determined to prove the literal truth of the Bible against atheist geologists, the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson sets out from England on an expedition to find the Garden of Eden, which he is convinced lies on the island of Tasmania. Unknown to him, others in the party have very different agendas. To complicate things further, the ship that Wilson has hurriedly chartered is, in fact, an ill-starred smuggling vessel packed with contraband brandy and tobacco.

"English Passengers is what fiction ought to be: ambitious, narrative-driven, with a story and a quest we don’t mind going on. On page after page I found myself laughing or nodding or simply envious. I was compelled from first to last, and beyond. The characters are still living with me."  –  Nicholas Shakespeare

Matthew Kneale is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including Sweet Thames which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.  His ambitious historical novel, English Passengers, won the 2000 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and was longlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize. 

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Année:
2000
Editeur::
Doubleday Canada
Langue:
english
Pages:
464
ISBN 10:
0385259492
ISBN 13:
9780385259491
Fichier:
EPUB, 545 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2000
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