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The Book of Colour

(1995)
A novel by Julia Blackburn

Awards
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book (nominee)

Her first work of fiction, this journey around the writer's father and grandfather is set largely in Mauritius and concerns childhood, madness, fears of miscegenation - and a pig. By the author of "The Emperor's Last Island" and "Daisy Bates in the Desert".

Used availability for Julia Blackburn's The Book of Colour

Hardback Editions

January 1999 : USA Hardback

Title: Book of Color
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-517-36125-6 / 978-0-517-36125-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
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October 1997 : USA Hardback

Title: Book of Color
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-517-19492-9 / 978-0-517-19492-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
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August 1995 : USA Hardback

Title: The Book of Color
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-679-43983-8 / 978-0-679-43983-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Pantheon Books
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August 1995 : UK Hardback

Title: The Book of Colour
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-224-04117-7 / 978-0-224-04117-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
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Paperback Editions

May 2002 : UK Paperback

Title: The Book Of Colour: A Family Memoir
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-09-944073-3 / 978-0-09-944073-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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August 1996 : USA Paperback

Title: The Book of Color
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-679-75837-2 / 978-0-679-75837-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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July 1996 : UK Paperback

Title: The Book Of Colour: A Family Memoir
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 0-09-959281-9 / 978-0-09-959281-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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Kindle Editions

October 2013 : Canada, UK Kindle edition

Title: The Book Of Colour: A Family Memoir
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
Publisher: Vintage Digital
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October 2012 : USA, Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Book of Color
Author(s): Julia Blackburn
Publisher: Vintage
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