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Victim of the Aurora
Thomas Keneally
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'A powerful and subtle writer...a remarkable novel' Spectator
'Chilling and tragic' Ruth Rendell
In the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentlemen wait out a raging blizzard in the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter, poised for a strike at the South Pole.
As the storm lifts, a new challenge faces Captain Sir Eugene Stewart - to discover which of his twenty-five carefully chosen men has become a murderer. The quest for adventure has become a quest for justice.
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Praise for Victim of the Aurora
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His story is tightly reined: terse, ironic, reflective. His depiction of Edwardian innocence and stuffiness crashing against the Antarctic void is superb - Washington PostThe solution is as astonishing as it is inevitable, the denouement chilling and tragic - Ruth RendellThe period gives this book its strength and character . . . altogether an admirable accomplishment - New YorkerThe absolute dark, absolute cold of the Antarctic is skilfully evoked - Sunday TimesA powerful and subtle writer . . . a remarkable novel - SpectatorI was riveted by this tale of a man fighting the elements and his fellow explorers - Daily TelegraphHighly original and deeply moving - Observer
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