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2007 Nominated

A Cause Untrue

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A terrorist attack of world-shaking proportions blasts open this tale of a Sri Lankan terror group with a deadly secret it desperately wants to hide. Hunted by special forces, the terrorists take Sri Lanka’s war to the streets of Europe and North America. Highly trained killers race against the clock and each other as violent strategies unfold at heart-stopping speed. Car bombs, high-level assassinations, and an international hijack stun the world, while an Indian naval task force brings Sri Lanka and South Asia to the brink of total war. At the centre of it all, the spymasters on both sides pull their strings in a fast-paced, tightly-woven novel, which was short listed for the Graetien Prize in 2005 and is guaranteed to keep you racing long into the night.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR David
Blacker

David Blacker is an ethnographic and documentary photographer based in Colombo, specialising in the people, places, and culture of his native Sri Lanka. With a background in advertising, he recognises the importance of comprehending the human perspective. Blacker’s experience as a director, creative director, award-winning novelist, and published illustrator has given him an acute understanding of storytelling that long preceded his picking up of a camera.

David Blacker is an ethnographic and documentary photographer based in Colombo, specialising in the people, places, and culture of his native Sri Lanka. With a background in advertising, he recognises the importance of comprehending the human perspective. Blacker’s experience as a director, creative director, award-winning novelist, and published illustrator has given him an acute understanding of storytelling that long preceded his picking up of a camera.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Sri Lanka
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Perara Hussein Publishing House

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