HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Loading...

The Unknown Terrorist (2006)

by Richard Flanagan

Other authors: See the other authors section.

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
6343036,459 (3.17)49
An extraordinary achievement, The Unknown Terrorist is chilling, impossible to put down, and all too familiar. From the author of the international best-seller Gould's Book of Fish (also available from Bolinda Audio). What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in Australia? Gina Davies is about to find out. From the author of the international bestsellers The Sound of One Hand Clapping and Gould's Book of Fish comes a fast-paced thriller that paints a devastating picture of contemporary Australia. Five days, three unexploded bombs, and every truth of your life turned into a lie. What would you do? " A true page-turner as well as a timely, pithy critique of celebrity culture and the politics of fearmongering." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review). "truly stunning... it is a book both crucial and compelling." - Canberra Times… (more)
None
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 49 mentions

English (24)  Dutch (2)  Danish (2)  German (1)  All languages (29)
Showing 1-5 of 24 (next | show all)
One of those books that it is difficult to put down. Doll, the pole-dancer, is the victim in a society corrupted by power and money. It's a bIt more interesting than that though.
  jon1lambert | Jan 16, 2024 |
Masterful storytelling ( )
  Faradaydon | Apr 13, 2022 |
Loved it. A pacey read that gets you thinking about terrorism and who is the bad guy. Another great book by Richard. ( )
  SteveMcI | Jan 8, 2022 |
This was a pretty disappointing read given how much I've enjoyed everything else Flanagan has written. The problem is the politics of it (which I broadly agree with) are so overt and unsubtle and, at the end of the day, unbelievable. It feels like a screed disguised as a novel, with too-obvious villains and over the top cynicism. I recognise and sympathise with the anger that drives the book, but, as a novel, it's a pretty limited. ( )
1 vote mjlivi | Feb 2, 2016 |
To say that I was disappointed with this novel would be an understatement. After enjoying Flanagan's amazing Gould's Book of Fish I expected a similar performance. That did not occur and this novel is pedestrian at best. Although the basic outlines of this story come from Heinrich Böll’s novel “The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum,” written in response to the terrorism scares that Germany suffered in the late 1960s and ’70s, Mr. Flanagan has turned the story into a meditation upon the post-9/11 world, a globalized world in which fear is a valued commodity for terrorists and governments alike, a world in which rumors and misinformation circumnavigate the globe in the flash of an eye, and narratives replace facts and truths. While the plot was nicely paced the writing and characterization was barely adequate and his attempt at a message suffered as a result. I hope that Flanagan's next novel returns to the quality of his earlier work. ( )
  jwhenderson | Jan 6, 2016 |
Showing 1-5 of 24 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (4 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Richard Flanaganprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bragg, BillCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Quotations
Last words
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

An extraordinary achievement, The Unknown Terrorist is chilling, impossible to put down, and all too familiar. From the author of the international best-seller Gould's Book of Fish (also available from Bolinda Audio). What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in Australia? Gina Davies is about to find out. From the author of the international bestsellers The Sound of One Hand Clapping and Gould's Book of Fish comes a fast-paced thriller that paints a devastating picture of contemporary Australia. Five days, three unexploded bombs, and every truth of your life turned into a lie. What would you do? " A true page-turner as well as a timely, pithy critique of celebrity culture and the politics of fearmongering." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review). "truly stunning... it is a book both crucial and compelling." - Canberra Times

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.17)
0.5 3
1 4
1.5 5
2 17
2.5 11
3 35
3.5 15
4 37
4.5 3
5 10

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 202,649,399 books! | Top bar: Always visible