Martha Kearney talks to the Australian novelist who has won the Booker Prize twice 鈥� with Oscar and Lucinda in 1988 and True History of the Kelly Gang in 2001.
His latest novel is Amnesia: A Novel. When Gaby Baillieux, a young woman from suburban Melbourne, releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australia鈥檚 prison system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. Worse: the system is run by an American corporation, so some 5,000 US prisons are also infected. Doors spring open. Both countries鈥� secrets threaten to pour out. Was this intrusion a mistake, or has Gaby declared cyberwar on the US?
Felix Moore 鈥� known to himself as 鈥淎ustralia鈥檚 last serving left-wing journalist鈥濃�� has no doubt. Gaby鈥檚 act was part of the covert conflict between Australia and America that dates back decades. While she goes to ground, Felix begins his pursuit of her in order to write her story; to save her, and himself, and maybe his country.
This event will be recorded for broadcast on 麻豆约拍 World News programme Talking Books
Martha Kearney talks to the Australian novelist who has won the Booker Prize twice 鈥� with Oscar and Lucinda in 1988 and True History of the Kelly Gang in 2001.
His latest novel is Amnesia: A Novel. When Gaby Baillieux, a young woman from suburban Melbourne, releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australia鈥檚 prison system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. Worse: the system is run by an American corporation, so some 5,000 US prisons are also infected. Doors spring open. Both countries鈥� secrets threaten to pour out. Was this intrusion a mistake, or has Gaby declared cyberwar on the US?
Felix Moore 鈥� known to himself as 鈥淎ustralia鈥檚 last serving left-wing journalist鈥濃�� has no doubt. Gaby鈥檚 act was part of the covert conflict between Australia and America that dates back decades. While she goes to ground, Felix begins his pursuit of her in order to write her story; to save her, and himself, and maybe his country.
This event will be recorded for broadcast on 麻豆约拍 World News programme Talking Books
