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Narrated by:
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Humphrey Bower
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By:
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Richard Flanagan
About this listen
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.
©2006 Richard Flanagan (P)2007 Bolinda PublishingCritic Reviews
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- jo squire
- 26-05-2023
Excellent Expose of human behaviour
Tells many truths. Richard dishes society up as it really functions. A good listen.
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- Anne
- 05-06-2023
A unique perspective and engaging plot
There really is no-one like Richard Flanagan. His reflections on the micro and macro aspects of Australian culture often make me stop, with an intake of breath, in sometimes horrified recognition. He does a wonderful job here; weaving the different perspectives on this issue seamlessly and the developing insights of the protagonist are deeply affecting. Humphrey Bower does a great job again with pacing, characterisation and accents.
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- Kerrie
- 25-10-2015
Wonderful
Wow , just showed if ducks are all in a line then anyone could end up a terrorist. Great book
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- Tezza
- 14-05-2023
Absolutely Brilliant
The story is so plausible. The way some media- types build compelling news from scraps of non-newsworthy hearsay and use the latest public fear to their advantage is so true.
The characters are so well drawn.
I listened to this book in one sitting, riveted by the way the threads of fate gradually ensnared the main character.
I will admit that the slow couple of paragraphs are the very beginning of the book almost lost me but I am so glad I didn't switch off.
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- Daniel
- 07-08-2016
Great book, but the reading?
This is great book, but the reading lets it down. The characters are sadly ruined by the reading.
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- CEK
- 17-05-2023
Great take
Wonderful treatise of the gift of the gab in the modern world. Enough of it to keep wiping your derrière forever
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- Margaret
- 28-07-2017
Depressing
This story was about as entertaining and uplifting as reading a newspaper, full of tragedy and hysteria. It is a book for our times and examines the awful effect that the threat of terrorism can have on the general populace and the vulnerability of sex workers. No happy endings here.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2023
Deeply Australian and disturbing
The opening in its poetic discord hooked me yet rapidly descended into a dark, crude commentary on Australian ignorance. Not an easy read but certainly an eye opener!
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-2023
His best yet!
A grave reflection on how society works, summarised into a believable story. I love Richard Flanagan’s work.
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- Alan Millett
- 09-02-2024
Disappointing
Being RF, I expected more. It was a predictable potboiler story. The political barbs fall short of the mark. Listen to the later novels such as Narrow road to the deep north
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