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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. It's hard to know what to make of this novel about Australian politics during World War II. The main characters include prime ministers and high-ranking generals; they all appear under false names, but the originals are easily identifiable, even by an American starting with almost no knowledge of Australian history. The closest parallel I can think of is All the King's Men. The story is told by Maurice "Paperboy" Tyson, a journalist who lost both legs at Gallipoli and is the closest confidant of Prime Minister Johnny Mulhall (John Curtin). Is he based on a real person as well? What is Kennealy's source for the intimate portraits on display here? Whatever the answer, this is a fine, tense, atmospheric book by a master novelist. no reviews | add a review
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