The Book of Fame

Author(s): Lloyd Jones

NZ History/Society

A glorious novel from the award-winning author of Mister Pip, now available as a trade paperback original from Vintage Canada. The Book of Fame is a lyrical semi-fictional account of the 1905 All Black rugby tour of Europe - a tour that shaped New Zealand's identity, from which the players returned to find themselves accorded almost god-like status. This remarkable, award-winning novel is both a tribute to some of the world's first sporting celebrities and an investigation into the curious workings of fame. Not just a book for lovers of sport, The Book of Fame is essentially a story about friendship and loyalty, and about a group of astonishing young men at the peak of their abilities.


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Winner of Tasmania Pacific Rim Region Prizes: Fiction 2003 and Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Deutz Medal for Fiction 2001.

Lloyd Jones is one of New Zealand's best known contemporary writers. He has published essays and children's books but his best known works include the novels The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Biografi, a New York Times Notable Book, Choo Woo, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, Paint Your Wife, Hand Me Down World and the phenomenally successful Mister Pip, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction and the Kiriyama Writers' Prize. Mister Pip was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007. He lives in the Wairarapa.

General Fields

  • : 9780143018094
  • : Penguin Group (NZ)
  • : Penguin Books (NZ)
  • : July 2001
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lloyd Jones
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.914
  • : 192