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'Fast-paced Australian political fiction, Challenge unfolds over three days in an atmosphere of treachery and deceit, amid a looming federal leadership challenge.
'Opposition leader Daniel Slattery is the Holden Caulfield of Australian politics. He's a former sporting hero from the wrong side of the tracks, politically principled and courageous, but also personally unhinged and highly volatile. He is attempting to stand the political moral high ground while trying to fight for his job—and a rearguard action against the phantoms of his dark past. Who is working to trash his reputation and derail his one tilt at the prime ministership? And is it actually real—or just demons inside his head?
'Blistering and blackly comic, Challenge puts us into the shoes of a man whose life is slipping away as he confronts the abyss of modern Australian politics. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Peter Fray and Katie Pollock – supporters, collaborators, friends
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Review] Challenge
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 January 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work -
Australian Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 October 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of The Mandarin Code 2014 single work novel ; Challenge 2014 single work ; This Tattooed Land 2014 single work novel -
Daley Digs Deep
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work -
The Facts and Fictions of the Political Life
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 September 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work
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The Facts and Fictions of the Political Life
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 September 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work -
Daley Digs Deep
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work -
Australian Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 October 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of The Mandarin Code 2014 single work novel ; Challenge 2014 single work ; This Tattooed Land 2014 single work novel -
[Review] Challenge
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 January 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Challenge 2014 single work