Geoffrey Firmin
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54.In Darkness Visible by Tony Jones
This is a follow on from Mr Jones first novel The Twentieth Man. The action this time takes place via flashbacks in the Balkan Wars after the break up of Yugoslavia and 2005 in Sydney the Hauge and Croatia.
It principal cast comprises journalists, war lords & war criminals, bent (vicious) NSW old school cops “pass me the telephone directory”, alcoholic ASIO agents, a failed lesbian love story. Political intrigue plus Holocaust politics and victimhood, numerous victims of the Balkan atrocities and one or two people attempting to find redemption among ghosts.
I found the ending a particular form of sanctimonious journalistic self righteousness and yes I’ve know a few of them in my time.
A page turner and pot boiler. Picked it up at Vinnies and dropping it back ASAP. Mr Jones I fear has turned into an antipodean Tom Clancy and yes the men in black pajamas did feature in it.
This is a follow on from Mr Jones first novel The Twentieth Man. The action this time takes place via flashbacks in the Balkan Wars after the break up of Yugoslavia and 2005 in Sydney the Hauge and Croatia.
It principal cast comprises journalists, war lords & war criminals, bent (vicious) NSW old school cops “pass me the telephone directory”, alcoholic ASIO agents, a failed lesbian love story. Political intrigue plus Holocaust politics and victimhood, numerous victims of the Balkan atrocities and one or two people attempting to find redemption among ghosts.
I found the ending a particular form of sanctimonious journalistic self righteousness and yes I’ve know a few of them in my time.
A page turner and pot boiler. Picked it up at Vinnies and dropping it back ASAP. Mr Jones I fear has turned into an antipodean Tom Clancy and yes the men in black pajamas did feature in it.