FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014

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.

A novel of startling prescience from the 2014 Man Booker Prize winner about bombs in stadiums, one-night stands, and being on the run

About the Author
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.

Reviews
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 *



Book Information
ISBN 9781784702915
Author Richard Flanagan
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 234g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm