Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels
Death of a River Guide,
The Sound of One Hand Clapping,
Gould’s Book of Fish,
The Unknown Terrorist,
Wanting and
The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for
The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.
FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014
Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowning. As the tourists he has been guiding down the river seek to save him, Aljaz is beset by visions horrible and fabulous. As the rapids rise, Aljaz relives not just his own life but also his country’s dreaming.
HauntingStunningA torrent of a book – take the plungeThis novel of spiritual desolation and redemption gathers such an awesome, tragic momentum that the fantastical aspects seem as crucial to the story as do the raging rivers, sheer gorges and imposing rainforests
Death of a River Guide is possessed of both a fierce, seething energy and a limpid, unexpected tranquillityOne of the most auspicious debuts in Australian writingA vivid, voluptuous, exhilarating writer
