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| The Book of Fame |
Nominated ISBN: 0140296948 |
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| Lloyd Jones | ||
| Nominated by: | ||
| Wellington City Libraries, Wellington, New Zealand. |
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
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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. A year later most of them are back. Bearing scars of illness and injury, they are 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. They are the headlines of the day. Only gradually do they understand how, and why, they should be thus chosen. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Lloyd
Jones
was born in 1955. His works include Gilmore's Diary, Splinter, This
House Has Three Walls and Choo Woo. Biografi,
a travel book set in Albania in the aftermath of Communism, was judged
one of the best books of the year by the New York Times. Swimming
to Australia (short stories) was short-listed for the New Zealand
Book Awards. The Book of Fame won the Deutz Medal for Fiction
at the 2001 Monatana New Zealand Book Awards. He lives in Wellington with
his wife and children.
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