- Published: 16 May 2023
- ISBN: 9781761048173
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
The Unknown Terrorist

















- Published: 16 May 2023
- ISBN: 9781761048173
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
Flanagan’s writing is a brilliant reflection of Gina’s world. Full of steamy sex, drugs and violence, with a touch of high-status voyeurism, packaged into short chapters perfect for readers with limited attention spans, The Unknown Terrorist mocks the thriller genre even as it fulfills its expectations.
New York Times
The Unknown Terrorist is an exercise in genre fiction - a thriller that, I am glad to say, happens to be genuinely thrilling.
Peter Conrad, Guardian
Flanagan narrates the story from a position of godlike omniscience, making grim pronouncements on society’s rampant discrimination and fear of foreigners. His tender characterization renders Gina Davies’s tale mightily plausible, and terribly sad. A writer who knows his characters and setting creates a compelling, timely work.
Kirkus Reviews
A true page-turner as well as a timely, pithy critique of celebrity culture and the politics of fearmongering.
Starred review, Publishers Weekly