'An extraordinary achievement' -- Graham Greene Brilliantly detailed, moving, powerful and gripping' -- The Times 'Thomas Keneally has done marvellous justice to a marvellous story' -- The Sunday Times 'Keneally is a superb storyteller. With Schindler's Ark he has given us his best book yet, a magnificent novel which held me from the first page to the last' -- Alan Sillitoe This remarkable book has the immediacy and the almost unbearable detail of a thousand eye witnesses who forgot nothing' -- New York Times Book Review

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published twenty-five novels since. His most recent novels are BETTANY'S BOOK, THE OFFICE OF INNOCENCE and THE TYRANT'S NOVEL. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his boyhood memoir HOMEBUSH BOY and his latest, COMMONWEALTH OF THIEVES. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.