The Unknown Terrorist

By: Richard Flanagan

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Paperback | 1 January 2008

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Richard Flanagan's previous novels, including Gould's Book of Fish, have been some of the most acclaimed and beloved works of fiction in recent years. He has been described as "a master of sleight of hand, adept at using words to conjure worlds, an indefatigable artist" by Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times, and his new novel has been hotly anticipated by critics and readers alike. Now he delivers a mesmerizing thriller that demonstrates the breadth of his range and vision. 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. Three unexploded bombs at a stadium, one attractive stranger now missing, and five days on the run, she witnesses every truth of her life twisted into a betrayal. 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. 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. It is an extraordinary achievement, chilling, impossible to put down, and all too familiar.

Industry Reviews

"An astonishing masterpiece." -- Brad Zellar "A work of significant genius." -- E. William Smethurst, Jr. "Flanagan's Inventiveness . . . is prodigious." -- John Banville "A great book . . . visionary and squalid, apocalyptic and confessional." -- Chris Lehmann "Darkly funny and brilliantly sad . . . In prose that dances and sizzles and bleeds." -- Karen Sandstrom "A paean to the imagination . . . Brilliantly conceived . . . ï¿½aï¿½ meditation on fantasy and reality and the holy powers of the written word." -- Gail Caldwell "Gould's Book of Fish is a novel about fish the way Moby-Dick is a novel about whales, or Ulysses is a novel about the events of a single day." -- Michiko Kakutani

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