Remembering Babylon

First edition. 8vo., [vi], 202 pp. Brown cloth boards lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket design by Jeff Fisher. No precedence established between the U.K. and Australian editions, however the Australian issue was printed in Great Britain and features both the Chatto & Windus and Random House logos to title page and dustwrapper spine.

Author's seventh novel. Winner of the 1993 NSW Premier's Prize for Fiction, the 1994 Los Angeles Times Award for Fiction, the 1994 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book (South-East Asia and South Pacific Region), and the 1996 inaugural International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Short-listed for the 1993 Booker Prize and the 1994 Miles Franklin Award.

The tragic tale of a white man trying to adjust to white settler life after living among Queensland Aborigines for 16 years. Inspired by the true story of James Morrill, a shipwreck survivor who lived with Aborigines in North Queensland from 1846 to 1863. "Breathtaking. To read this remarkable book is to remember Babylon well, whether you think you've been there or not." –The New York Times Book Review