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English Passengers
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Narrated by over twenty distinct voices and full of dangerous humour, English Passengers combines wit, adventure and historical detail in a mesmerizing display of storytelling. When Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of smugglers have their contraband confiscated they are forced to put their ship, Sincerity, up for charter. The only takers are two Englishmen, the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson, who believes that the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania, and Dr. Thomas Potter who is developing his sinister thesis concerning the races of man. Meanwhile an aboriginal in Tasmania, Peevay, recounts his people's struggles against the invading British. As the English passengers haplessly approach his land, their bizarre notions ever more painfully at odds with reality, we know a mighty collision is looming. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Bookworm54
Bookworm54
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Dec 20 #The12ColoursOfDecember #LightBlue

This is one off my physical tbr. Has been sat on my shelves for about a year I think? I picked it out from some books my boyfriends dad was planning to give away.

#WinterGames2020 #MerryReaders

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readingjedi
readingjedi
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Quite a dense & demanding read due to the large number of PoVs & not helped by the tight line-spacing & minuscule print in this particular edition. Narrative took a little while to get going & it had a mid point flag that took some getting through. And if I'm being picky it's nowhere near as scintillating as the cover blurbs would have you believe. BUT! I am glad I persevered with it as it does come together to become a really very good novel...⬇️

readingjedi ...The inept adventures of the crew of the Sincerity are hilarious, Rev. Wilson is a brilliant tragi-comic character and Dr. Potter with his awful racial theories is truly sinister. Peevay is my favourite character and with him the author explores the colonial experience of Tasmania's aboriginal people. TW for a pretty shocking scene involving pack mules 😱😱😱 5y
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readingjedi
readingjedi
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Bought this at a Marie Curie garden party for 25p approximately 8 years ago. So it's pretty much a new book!!!!

Feeling kinda slumpy - hope this one pulls me out of it.

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Balibee146
Balibee146
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Yet more from my #TBRsomeday shelves. Not sure this is my thing but will have a go.

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Mackypup
Mackypup
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Loved! Great tale.

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pktchr
pktchr
English Passengers | Matthew Kneale
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Too many points of view, and it wasn't going anywhere.
I made it to page 67 and couldn't do any more. 😣

Kaye I agree. The book was quite a challenge in the beginning and a bit confusing with so many characters telling the story. I'm a sucker for a ship with a group of people going to a strange location. It was worth it to keep with the book but it may not be to everyone's liking. 8y
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