The Fatal Island
Death and Power in Timor
$32.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
By a Walkley Award-winning journalist, a gripping true crime-meets-political intrigue about East Timor, a place where animistic belief, witchcraft and tribal conflict ensure that truth and justice follow separate, uncertain paths.
A president shot, a prime minister attacked, a rebel leader executed at point-blank range, and a beautiful Australian-Timorese woman accused of orchestrating the chaos. All fifty minutes flying time from Darwin.
With President Jose Ramos Horta recove…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761825019 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761825011 |
| Author: | Paul Toohey |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Scribner Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Paul Toohey
Paul Toohey is a three-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year. He spent most of his career with News Corp Australia covering Indigenous affairs and regional crises.
He is the author of three non-fiction titles:
- God’s Little Acre, a collection of stories
- Rocky Goes West, about the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in Irian Jaya
- The Killer Within, about the murder of Peter Falconio
He has authored two Quarterly Essays on major political events:
- Last Drinks, on the Northern Territory intervention
- That Sinking Feeling, on asylum-seekers
He has been published in Granta and in collections of Australia’s best political writing. His first fiction work, Bad Face, a western, has been optioned for a film. He lives in Darwin.
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