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The Unknown Terrorist

Richard Flanagan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:26th May '16

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A novel of startling prescience from the 2014 Man Booker Prize winner about bombs in stadiums, one-night stands, and being on the run

FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014

After a one-night stand with an attractive stranger, pole-dancer Gina Davies finds herself prime suspect in an attempted terrorist attack on Sydney.

FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

After a one-night stand with an attractive stranger, pole-dancer Gina Davies finds herself prime suspect in an attempted terrorist attack on Sydney. Hunted by the police, her face stares back at her on the unremitting 24/7 news cycle. She is soon running away from her dreams for a better life and witnessing every truth turn into a betrayal.

The Unknown Terrorist is a startlingly prescient novel that drums with the cadences of city life; where fear invades individual lives, pushing one woman ever closer to breaking point.

'Compelling and disturbing' Economist

'A terrific novel, maintained at fever heat' Guardian

'
Stunning... A brilliant meditation upon the post 9/11 world' New York Times

Compelling and disturbing * The Economist *
A terrific novel, maintained at fever heat * Guardian *
Stunning... A brilliant meditation upon the post 9/11 world * New York Times *
Flanagan's a novelist and philosopher for our time * Daily Mail *
It grips from the very first page and forces you to read on to its explosive, tragic climax * Sunday Telegraph *
A damn good story delivered with the glittering prose that only the rage of just moral anger can achieve. Flanagan's Australia is...a global expression of the unknown terrorist in us all * The Times *
Genuinely thrilling. The Unknown Terrorist reads like the book of the film it will surely become -- Peter Conrad * Observer *
A thriller of genuine importance...fired by passionate concern * Daily Telegraph *

ISBN: 9781784702915

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 234g

336 pages