- Title:
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The Unknown Terrorist (MP3)
- Written by:
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Richard Flanagan
- Read by:
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Humphrey Bower
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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9 hours 45 minutes
- MP3 size:
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426 MB
- Published:
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November 01 2008
- Available Date:
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November 01 2008
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742017273
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Literary Fiction; Terrorism
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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International bestseller
ABC First Tuesday of the Month Book Club
"A true page-turner as well as a timely, pithy critique of celebrity culture and the politics of fearmongering."
Publishers Weekly
"Truly stunning... it is a book both crucial and compelling."
The Canberra Times
Every truth of your life turned into a lie...
After a one-night stand with an attractive stranger, pole-dancer Gina Davies finds herself prime suspect in an attempted terrorist attack on Sydney. Hunted by the police, her face stares back at her on the unremitting 24/7 news cycle. She is soon running away from her dreams for a better life and witnessing every truth turn into a betrayal.
The Unknown Terrorist is a startlingly prescient novel that drums with the cadences of city life; where fear invades individual lives, pushing one woman ever closer to breaking point.
"How could a pole dancer be mistaken for a terrorist? Richard Flanagan makes a pretty convincing argument in his novel, The Unknown Terrorist. It's a harsh story about the power of the Aussie media and a government determined to keep its people scared and compliant. Despite the sad story of Doll, the misunderstood stripper, narrator Humphrey Bower delivers an engaging performance with words that are delightfully unfamiliar. Doll's body is 'at sixes and sevens with itself.' Her boyfriend listens to 'duff music'. When she gets scared, she says, 'Fix me up with a butamine', a medicine used for heart attacks. And c'mon, who doesn't enjoy an authentic Aussie accent?"
AudioFile Magazine