- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781741667455
- Imprint: Vintage Australia
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $22.99
The People's Train
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781741667455
- Imprint: Vintage Australia
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $22.99
Praise for The Widow and Her Hero
FICTION JUDGING PANEL COMMENTS FROM PRIME MINISTERS LITERARY AWARDS 2008
In the fifth decade of his career, Tom Keneally’s powers of renewal and his unflagging appetite for story-telling distinguish his latest novel, The Widow and Her Hero. He turns to his favoured historical period - the Second World War, where a number of his works are set - and in particular to the commando raids against Japenese shipping in Singapore in 1943 and 1944. This master class fiction work is an interrogation of the nature of heroism, perhaps unproblematic for men in action, but of deep ambivalence for the women left behind.
Praise for THE TYRANT’S NOVEL:
Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Shortlisted • 2010 • Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Miles Franklin Literary Award
Longlisted • 2010 • Miles Franklin Literary Award