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Death of a River Guide

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  • Richard Flanagan
    In Richard Flanagan: Novels

    His first novel, Death of a River Guide (1994), an account of a drowning man reflecting on his life and those of his ancestors, earned the 1996 Australian National Fiction Award. The book drew upon Flanagan’s past experience working as a river guide and kayaking down Tasmania’s Franklin…

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