Flying Hero Class

When Palestinian guerillas hijack a flight from New York to Frankfurt, they find an aboriginal dance troupe among the passengers - similarly dispossessed of their land, whose side will the aborigines take Conflicts of loyalty, terror and revolutionary fervour form the explosive ingredients in this riveting and thought-provoking novel. 'As an intellectual piece of suspense, Flying Hero Class can hardly be surpassed' Observer

About the Author

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.