The Unknown Terrorist - Couverture souple

Flanagan, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802143547 ISBN 13 : 9780802143549

Editeur : Black Cat, 2008

Synopsis

From the internationally acclaimed author of Gould's Book of Fish comes an astonishing new novel, a riveting portrayal of a society driven by fear. What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in the country? Gina Davies is about to find out when, after a night spent with an attractive stranger, she becomes a prime suspect in the investigation of an attempted terrorist attack. In The Unknown Terrorist, one of the most brilliant writers working in the English language today turns his attention to the most timely of subjects -- what our leaders tell us about the threats against us, and how we cope with living in fear. Chilling, impossible to put down, and all too familiar, The Unknown Terrorist is a relentless tour de force that paints a devastating picture of a contemporary society gone haywire, where the ceaseless drumbeat of terror alert levels, newsbreaks, and fear of the unknown pushes a nation ever closer to the breaking point.

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A provocative thriller of a post-9/11 world, from the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winning author of Gould’s Book of Fish and The Sound of One Hand Clapping.

Gina Davies, a.k.a. “The Doll” is a 26- year-old pole dancer at the Chairman’s Lounge night club. She prefers the touch of money on her skin to the touch of a man. She knows her role in a world built on deception the dancers pretending to be excited, the men pretending that the women aren’t pretending. But on the night of Mardi Gras 2007, right after three unexploded bombs are discovered at a local stadium, The Doll meets up with a darkly handsome stranger for a night of drugs and sex at his apartment. The next day, the man is identified as an international terrorist, and she as his accomplice, both spied in a security video going into his building. And suddenly her world of small, familiar deceptions implodes into one where lies are out to destroy her.

A novel unlike anything acclaimed author Richard Flanagan has ever written, The Unknown Terrorist is as compelling as a top-notch thriller, at the same time driven by the provocative questions we should all be asking in our poisoned post-9/11 atmosphere. Why is it that our truths are now cloaked in falsehoods? How is it that money, possessions and power have become our new moral guideposts? And why is it that the media we count on to expose untruths have become part of the machine of their propagation?

The Unknown Terrorist marks the first time the internationally acclaimed Richard Flanagan has been published in Canada. It is a profoundly affecting and timely debut.

Revue de presse

"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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Cat
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802143547
• ISBN 13: 9780802143549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible