Mammoth: The bestselling comic novel narrated by a prehistoric mammoth
(Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Publishing Details
Mammoth: The bestselling comic novel narrated by a prehistoric mammoth
By (Author) Chris Flynn
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
1st March 2022
2nd ed.
Australia
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823/.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 129mm, Height 196mm, Spine 18mm
263g
Description
2020's bestselling cult novel, narrated by a mammoth, now in B format. Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, this is the (mostly) true story of how a collection of prehistoric creatures came to be on sale at a natural history auction in New York in 2007. By tracing how and when these fossils were unearthed, Mammoth leads us on a funny and fascinating journey from the Pleistocene epoch to nineteenth-century America and beyond, revealing how ideas about science and religion have shaped our world. With our planet on the brink of calamitous climate change, Mammoth scrutinises humanity's role in the destruction of the natural world while also offering a message of hope.
Author Bio
Chris Flynn is the author of The Glass Kingdom and A Tiger in Eden, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The Age, The Australian, Griffith Review, Meanjin, Australian Book Review, The Saturday Paper, Smith Journal, The Big Issue, Monster Children, McSweeney's and many other publications. He has conducted interviews for The Paris Review and is a regular presenter at literary festivals across Australia. Chris lives on Phillip Island, next to a penguin sanctuary. chriseflynn.com @flythefalcon
