About “The tyrant's novel”
A detainee in a detention camp, who insists on being called Alan Sheriff, recounts the story of his life to a visiting writer, forming the narrative of the novel within the novel. Sheriff, a celebrated novelist in a country that was once a friend to the United States but is now its enemy, is forced by a brutal leader to ghostwrite a work of fiction that combines invention, autobiography, and polemic, with the deadline threatening to cost him everything he holds dear.
Book details
- Published
- 2003
- Latest edition
- 2003 · ISBN 9781740933797
- ISBN
- 9781740933797
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is The tyrant's novel?
The tyrant's novel by Thomas Keneally has 293 pages.
