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| Author | Pauline Melville |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | Guayana |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 1-58234-009-9 |
The Ventriloquist's Tale is a novel by British Guayanese author Pauline Melville, published in 1997 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The book follows an indigenous Guyanese family across several generations. The novel attracted generally positive reviews. It won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.