SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006
COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZE A
BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ London, 1806. William
Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a
waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until
William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family
are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New
South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man
no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult
decision of his life.
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