Book by Keneally Thomas
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Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, and Shame and the Captives. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.
A beautiful mad romp of a novel . . . Prepare to be dazzled (Daily Mail)
Keneally has written yet another remarkable book . . . It's also a ripper of a read (Sunday Express)
Jacko gets into some fine scrapes; the descriptions of life on his family's Northern Territory ranch and of Sydney's cultured classes are effortlessly rich; it is fun deciding whether Bickham, the Nobel-winning writer, portrayed with such marvellous subtlety, is "really" Patrick White (Daily Telegraph)
Deftly and entertainingly told (The Times)
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Published by Hodder and Stoughton of London in 1994. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st impression. See inside number sequence "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1." Book condition: Very Good to Near Fine. Dark blue cloth boards with in gilt titles. Inside pages are in good order apart from some shelf wear. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 35mm. 320 pages. With his genial air of an Australian innocent, Jacko Emptor is New York's most public trespasser, invading people's homes at random for a live television show. Until he undertakes the televised hunt for a missing woman and, finally, meets a barrier even he will not transgress. The dramatic tale of Jacko's exploits probes the dubious ethics behind some television programmes and illuminates how a civilized society can harbour appalling evil. N° de réf. du vendeur 003812
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