by Matthew Kneale · Hamish Hamilton · tapa dura · ISBN 9780241140680
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«English Passengers» is the historical novel by Matthew Kneale, published by Hamish Hamilton in hardback (480 pages, in English).
In 1857, the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson travels to Tasmania convinced that the Garden of Eden is there. Surgeon Potter hides a thesis on human races, and Captain Kewley, a cargo of contraband. The Aboriginal Peevay narrates his people's resistance against the British. More than twenty voices combine humour, adventure and historical critique.
Published in 2000, the novel won the Whitbread Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Matthew Kneale is a British writer. He is best known for his 2000 novel English Passengers.
