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Gould's Book Of Fish (Richard Flanagan) - Book Review
Season 1
Episode 122
Published 4 years, 5 months ago
Description
An absurd, ridiculous tale of dark humour that might just contain some deeper meaning.
'Gould's Book Of Fish' by Richard Flanagan tells the tale of William Buelow Gould, an English convict transported to the penal colony on Sarah's Island and who becomes enamoured with ..... fishes! Whilst it contains elements of real life it is dominated by the fantastical events & insanity of the principal characters.
I summarised the book as follows. "I hope Flanagan has as much fun writing this as I did reading it. It's a mad tale narrated by a loony convict. So many good points with the unique fish chapters, absurd humour & entertaining characters. The only downside is that I'm disinterested in art/fishes/penal colonial history so the backdrop wasn't my favourite. I do think this book could be amazing for other people though."
As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!
If you would like to support the channel, you can grab yourself a copy of the book here! https://amzn.to/3sXxjHi
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro & Synopsis
(4:00) - Insanity: A reasonable method for sense making
(9:13) - Fiction: A vehicle for imparting meaning (rather than truth)
(12:53) - Personal Observations/Takeaways
(14:39) - Summary
(15:30) - Aussie Slang
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'Gould's Book Of Fish' by Richard Flanagan tells the tale of William Buelow Gould, an English convict transported to the penal colony on Sarah's Island and who becomes enamoured with ..... fishes! Whilst it contains elements of real life it is dominated by the fantastical events & insanity of the principal characters.
I summarised the book as follows. "I hope Flanagan has as much fun writing this as I did reading it. It's a mad tale narrated by a loony convict. So many good points with the unique fish chapters, absurd humour & entertaining characters. The only downside is that I'm disinterested in art/fishes/penal colonial history so the backdrop wasn't my favourite. I do think this book could be amazing for other people though."
As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!
If you would like to support the channel, you can grab yourself a copy of the book here! https://amzn.to/3sXxjHi
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro & Synopsis
(4:00) - Insanity: A reasonable method for sense making
(9:13) - Fiction: A vehicle for imparting meaning (rather than truth)
(12:53) - Personal Observations/Takeaways
(14:39) - Summary
(15:30) - Aussie Slang
Connect with Mere Mortals:
Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show