Summary
A gripping thriller and a chilling glimpse of an imaginary world that seems all too real.A gripping thriller and a chilling glimpse of an imaginary world that seems all too real.In an oil-rich country terrorised by a tyrant known as The Great Uncle, war veteran and celebrated writer Alan Sheriff has a better life than most until his beautiful and beloved actress wife Sarah dies - and he is made an offer he can’t refuse. He must write a great novel in three months - or else.If the writer no lo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781864710724 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1864710721 |
| Author: | Tom Keneally |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) |
| Imprint: | Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 134mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Tom Keneally
Tom Keneally won the Booker Prize in 1982 with Schindler’s Ark, later made into the Steven Spielberg Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List. His non-fiction includes the memoir Searching for Schindler and Three Famines, an LA Times Book of the Year, and the histories The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame and American Scoundrel. His fiction includes Shame and the Captives, The Daughters of Mars, The Widow and Her Hero, An Angel in Australia and Bettany’s Book. His novels The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete won the Miles Franklin Award. In 2022, his novel Corporal Hitler’s Pistol was awarded the ARA Historical Novel Prize.
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