Gilgamesh

Proof Copy. 8vo. 256pp. Pictorial wraps.

Author's debut novel. Winner of The Age Book of the Year Fiction Award in 2002. Shortlisted for the 2002 Miles Franklin Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. The epic story of a mother's search for the father of her child – from outback Australia to Soviet Armenia via England and Mesopotamia – all under the shadow of the imminent, and soon to be raging, World War II. In 2015, London received the Patrick White Literary Award for the body of her work.

"Reading Gilgamesh is like watching a magician who can do many things rapidly, expertly and all at once. It's impossible not to admire the novel's proficiency and its author's promise." –The New York Times