Description
About the Author
Thomas Keneally won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler's Ark, since made into the internationally acclaimed film Schindler's List by Steven Speilberg. His works of non-fiction include The Place Where Souls Are Born, about the American South West, his memoir Homebush Boy, and, most recently, The Commonwealth of Thieves. His twenty-three works of fiction include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest and Confederates, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Thomas Keneally is married with two daughters and lives most of the year in Sydney.
Reviews
Keneally's history of Irish emigration is a lucid, elegant and ambitious book with an epic narrative sweep * Observer *
Book Information
ISBN 9780749386047
Author Thomas Keneally
Format Paperback
Page Count 784
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 573g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 44mm