The Book of Fame by Lloyd Jones
In 1905 a motley group of young New Zealand rugby players sets out by steamer on a journey to the other side of the world. The following year they are back, accorded a hero's welcome the like of which has never been seen in their country before. Their fame has spread before them across three continents. Also available as an eBook
Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand's best known contemporary writers. He has published essays and children's books but his best known works include the novels The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Biografi, a New York Times Notable Book, Choo Woo, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, Paint Your Wife, Hand Me Down World and the phenomenally successful Mister Pip, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction and the Kiriyama Writers' Prize. Mister Pip was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. He lives in the Wairarapa.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143018094 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143018094 |
| Title | The Book of Fame |
| Author | Lloyd Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Year published | 2001-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of Tasmania Pacific Rim Region Prizes: Fiction 2003, Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Deutz Medal for Fiction 2001 |
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