SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS\' PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZELondon, 1806.
Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life..
Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly.
His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life.
William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS\' PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZELondon, 1806