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Near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages) Hardcover first edition - London:: Hodder & Stoughton,, (1987.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages). First UK printing. Novel set in Australia 200 years ago, when it was the outermost prison on the planet - inspired by the letters and journals of Australia's founder, this is the story of the production of a play featuring a cast of prisoners - the first theatrical venture in the penal colony of New South Wales. 310 pp.

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, and Shame and the Captives. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.