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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Who is Brewster? First name unknown (to the reader at least) Brewster appears before us a dishevelled wreck, a man who has lost his way following the death of his wife to illness. He is thrown a lifeline by a colleague and so begins his journey back to normality.
But the legal investigator's first engagement is a tinder box and the thriller unfolds as forces marshal that a fragile Brewster struggles to handle.
Honeywill's Brewster is an interesting character - he loves a laksa and through his somewhat-jaded senses we see, smell and hear Darwin and surrounds and take in the texture of the indigenous culture. I see strong casting contenders for a screen adaptation in Brendan Cowell, Hugo Weaving, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Roxburgh - all of whom wear 'hangover' convincingly as their default demeanour.
Another interesting character is former military officer Sam Hurtle (casting: Bruce Carter?) who, returning from tours of Afghanistan and Iraq, finds himself a fish-out-of-water in his own home town until a community leader proffers a way in which his specific leadership and combat skills can help their cause.
The dialogue is as spare and dry as Darwin is humid and Honeywill's thriller deftly weaves the storyline strands, action and character development such that you will urgently be wanting the next book in the series.
A powerful and universal story of the tragedy when traditional cultures meet the might of the mining industry.
In the remote north of Australia's 'outback' an indigenous community feel powerless to stop the destruction of a sacred site by a mining giant. As a legal investigator Brewster has been defending the poor and marginalised for years and when he realises that the mine has been approved through a corrupt process, he challenges the legality in court.
But the return to the community of an SAS soldier sees the people take the law into their own hands, forming an armed militia and taking over the mine. In doing so, they bring about the full might of Australia's anti-terrorist strike forces. Brewster is the meat in the sandwich, standing between anti-terrorist forces and a mine under siege. Can he stop the bloodshed?
Bruce Honeywill's explosive thriller tells of making a stand for truth against national anti-terrorism forces and corrupt mining practices.
By:
Bruce Honeywill Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 386g ISBN:9780987522337 ISBN 10: 0987522337 Series:Brewster Legal Thriller Publication Date:01 February 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Insurrection
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Who is Brewster? First name unknown (to the reader at least) Brewster appears before us a dishevelled wreck, a man who has lost his way following the death of his wife to illness. He is thrown a lifeline by a colleague and so begins his journey back to normality.
But the legal investigator's first engagement is a tinder box and the thriller unfolds as forces marshal that a fragile Brewster struggles to handle.
Honeywill's Brewster is an interesting character - he loves a laksa and through his somewhat-jaded senses we see, smell and hear Darwin and surrounds and take in the texture of the indigenous culture. I see strong casting contenders for a screen adaptation in Brendan Cowell, Hugo Weaving, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Roxburgh - all of whom wear 'hangover' convincingly as their default demeanour.
Another interesting character is former military officer Sam Hurtle (casting: Bruce Carter?) who, returning from tours of Afghanistan and Iraq, finds himself a fish-out-of-water in his own home town until a community leader proffers a way in which his specific leadership and combat skills can help their cause.
The dialogue is as spare and dry as Darwin is humid and Honeywill's thriller deftly weaves the storyline strands, action and character development such that you will urgently be wanting the next book in the series.
