Description
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.
'A beautiful mad romp of a novel ... Prepare to be dazzled' (Daily Mail)
About the Author
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than 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. 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.
Reviews
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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780340632437
Author Thomas Keneally
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Sceptre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 27mm
'A beautiful mad romp of a novel ... Prepare to be dazzled' (Daily Mail)
About the Author
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than 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. 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.
Reviews
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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780340632437
Author Thomas Keneally
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Sceptre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 27mm
