 First edition | |
| Author | Xavier Herbert |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ray Crooke |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Collins (Australia) |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 1463 |
| ISBN | 0-00-616029-8 |
| OCLC | 27490485 |
| Preceded by | Soldiers' Women |
| Followed by | - |
Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. At 1,463 pages, it is the longest Australian work of fiction ever written, and the longest single-volume novel to have been written in the English language.[1] Poor Fellow My Country won the 1976 Miles Franklin Literary Award (for books published in 1975), Australia's most prestigious such award.[2][3] It was Herbert's final novel.