The Unknown Terrorist

The Unknown Terrorist

by RichardFlanagan (Author)

Synopsis

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in the country? After spending a night with an attractive stranger, Gina Davies becomes a prime suspect in an attempted terrorist attack. When police find three unexploded bombs at a stadium, Gina goes on the run and witnesses every truth of her life turned into a betrayal. A devastating picture of a world where the ceaseless drumbeat of terror alerts, news breaks, and fear of the unknown push one woman ever closer to breaking point, The Unknown Terrorist is a novel that with each passing year seems more relevant and more prophetic.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: First printing of this edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 26 May 2016

ISBN 10: 1784702919
ISBN 13: 9781784702915
Book Overview: A novel of startling prescience from the 2014 Man Booker Prize winner about bombs in stadiums, one-night stands, and being on the run

Media Reviews
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 *
Author Bio
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.