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Published to rave reviews all round, this novel is set in 1857, with the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson setting out for Tasmania, in the hope of locating the Garden of Eden. "Breathtakingly good... funny, savage, compassionate... a big, mind-expanding book in every respect" "The Daily Mail". **STOP PRESS** The winner of the Whitbread Novel Award 2000.
Synopsis
Presents a vicar's ludicrous expedition in 1857 to the Garden of Eden in Tasmania.