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An electrifying modern classic - Kneale's sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to life
WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe.
The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His travelling
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An electrifying modern classic - Kneale's sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to life

WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE


In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe.

The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His travelling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men. Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British.

'Deeply impressive. . . Every page fizzes with linguistic invention' Guardian

'A big, ambitious novel with a rich historical sweep and a host of narrative voices . . . The sort of novel that few contemporary writers have either the imagination or the stamina to sustain' Daily Telegraph


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Autorenporträt
Matthew Kneale was born in 1960. He is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, including SWEET THAMES (1992), which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lives in Oxford.
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"Jede Seite sprüht vor sprachlicher Erfindungskraft, und wie gekonnte Komödie mit dramatischen Schrecken verbunden wird ist meisterhaft... Die "Englischen Passagiere" verdienen es, mit wilden Beifallsstürmen und Preisen überhäuft im Hafen willkommen geheißen zu werden." (The Guardian)
"Ein fesselndes, geschickt konstruiertes, ernsthaftes und sehr lesbares Buch... Eine äußerst eindrucksvolle Leistung: mal bedrohlich, mal ironisch, und dabei selbstsicher genug, die Geschichte für sich sprechen zu lassen." (The Sunday Telegraph)