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WinneroftheManBookerPrizeFromtheauthoroftheacclaimedGould’sBookofFish,amagisterialnovelofloveandwarthattracesthelifeofonemanfromWorldWarIItothepresent.August,1943:AustraliansurgeonDorrigoEvansishauntedbyhisaffairwithhisuncle’syoungwifetwoyearsearlier.Hislife,inabrutalJapanesePOWcampontheThai-BurmaDeathRailway,isadailystruggletosavethemenunderhiscommand.Untilhereceivesaletterthatwillchangehimforever.Asavagelybeautifulnovelaboutthemanyformsofgoodandevil,oftruthandtranscendence,asonemancomesofage,prospers,onlytodiscoverallthathehaslost.