Book Rec of the Day 4/25/2007

“Gould’s Book of Fish is a novel about fish in the way Moby-Dick is a novel about whales...a wondrous, phantasmagorical meditation on art, history and nature.”—The New York Times

“An astonishing masterpiece.”—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

“A work of significant genius.”—Chicago Tribune

Flanagan’s novel about an inmate in a Tasmanian prison and a book he illustrates won prizes and raves and bestseller status around the world. If you haven’t come across it yet, a literary treat awaits.

GOULD’S BOOK OF FISH, by Richard Flanagan (Grove, 2003)