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A dangerous language / Sulari Gentill.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Gentill, Sulari. Rowland Sinclair ; 8.Rowland Sinclair series ; 8Publisher: Neutral Bay, N.S.W. Pantera Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 368 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781921997662
  • 1921997664
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "When Rowland Sinclair volunteers his services as a pilot to fly the renowned international peace advocate, Egon Kisch, between Fremantle and Melbourne, he is unaware of how hard Australia's new Attorney General will fight to keep the "raging reporter" off Australian soil. In this, it seems, the government is not alone, as clandestine right-wing militias reconstitute into deadly strike forces. A Communist agent is murdered on the steps of Parliament House and Rowland finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of politics and assassination. A disgraced Minister, an unidentified corpse and an old flame who will not be denied all bring their own special bedlam. Once again Rowland Sinclair stands against the unthinkable with an artist, a poet and a brazen sculptress by his side." -- Back cover.
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Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection GENT Available T00630932
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"When Rowland Sinclair volunteers his services as a pilot to fly the renowned international peace advocate, Egon Kisch, between Fremantle and Melbourne, he is unaware of how hard Australia's new Attorney General will fight to keep the "raging reporter" off Australian soil. In this, it seems, the government is not alone, as clandestine right-wing militias reconstitute into deadly strike forces. A Communist agent is murdered on the steps of Parliament House and Rowland finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of politics and assassination. A disgraced Minister, an unidentified corpse and an old flame who will not be denied all bring their own special bedlam. Once again Rowland Sinclair stands against the unthinkable with an artist, a poet and a brazen sculptress by his side." -- Back cover.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Early in Gentill's thrilling eighth mystery set in 1930s Australia (after Give the Devil His Due), real-life Czech journalist Egon Kisch arrives by boat at the port of Fremantle for a speaking tour. Aristocratic artist Rowland Sinclair offers to fly Kisch to Melbourne to give the keynote address at the National Congress against War and Fascism, unaware that the Australian government is trying to stop Kisch, a communist, from entering the country. After Kisch succeeds in getting into Australia, Rowly's faithful bohemian friends--poet Milton Isaacs, a communist; landscape painter Clyde Jones; and sculptress Edna Higgins--head to Canberra to await Kisch's arrival there. When Milton goes to Parliament House to meet fellow communist Jim Kelly, he finds the man's throat slit. Rowly, Milton, Clyde, and Edna are soon busy sorting out Kelly's murder, protecting Kisch, and dodging members of a ruthless clandestine arm of the New Guard, a fascist organization. Gentill provides romance, suspense, intrigue, and thought-provoking views on the easy appeal of jingoism. Through it all, Rowly continues to "speak what some called the truth and others considered a dangerous language." Readers will look forward to the further adventures of Rowly and friends. Agent: Jo Butler, Cameron Creswell Agency (Australia). (June)

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