by Thomas Keneally · Sceptre · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340825259
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«The Tyrant's Novel» is the suspense novel by Thomas Keneally, published by Sceptre in hardcover (304 pages, in English).
Alan Sheriff is a writer from an unnamed Middle Eastern country, settled in the cultural elite and oblivious to repression. The dictator known as Great Uncle orders him to write a propaganda novel in a month to weaken Western support for sanctions. Sheriff fears for his friends; collaborating or refusing compromises his integrity and his art.
The novel won the Colin Roderick Award in 2003; this edition was published in 2004. Thomas Keneally is the author of «La lista de Schindler».
A work for readers of contemporary fiction and political suspense, interested in authoritarian regimes and moral dilemmas.
Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
