- Published: 16 May 2023
- ISBN: 9781761048111
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
Death Of A River Guide

















- Published: 16 May 2023
- ISBN: 9781761048111
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
‘Makes good on a truly soaring ambition and flirts with literary greatness’
Chicago Tribune
‘A compelling celebration of river and landscape’
The Age
‘It’s a torrent of a book - take the plunge’
The Independent
‘Uplifting and immensely rewarding’
Australian Book Review
‘Haunting and ambitious... realistic and biting’
New York Times Book Review
‘We find ourselves changed after reading this book’
Austin Chronicle
‘Superb... a richly layered narrative... a work of considerable originality. Flanagan’s two novels rank with the finest fiction out of Australia since the heyday of Patrick White’
Kirkus Reviews
‘This first novel combines the narrative ingenuity of Golding’s Pincher Martin with the imaginative detail of De Bernieres’ Captain Corelli’
The Independent
‘Combines a rich voice, highly original, with great invention and engrossing narrative pace. A fine work of fiction., I thought it very, very good indeed’
Thomas Keneally
‘Beautiful and lyrical’
Washington Post Book World