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Wild Thing

A Life of Paul Gauguin

by Sue Prideaux

Publication: First published 2024
ISBN: 9781324020424, 9780571365951, 9781324020431

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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
2025

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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
2024

Shortlist

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