The Book of Fame
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Book of Fame
By (Author) Lloyd Jones
Penguin Group (NZ)
Penguin Books (NZ)
1st August 2001
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Football variants and related games
823.2
Winner of Tasmania Pacific Rim Region Prizes: Fiction 2003
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 133mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
184g
Description
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
Author Bio
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, HandMe Down Worldand 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.
