Literary Lunch with Sulari Gentill
Showing on: Friday 23 March
Sulari Gentill is not your average author. Writing fiction in two concurrent series – adult historical crime fiction (the Rowland Sinclair series) and a Young Adults fantasy adventure series (the Hero trilogy), 2012 will see her launch three more novels to satisfy her ever-growing bands of readers and add more glowing reviews to her caché.
Her new book, Miles off Course is the exciting sequel to A Decline in Prophets (2011) and her debut novel A Few Right Thinking Men (2010), which was shortlisted for the prestigious 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. Don’t miss Sulari when she comes to Glen Street Theatre to speak first hand about her latest literary triumph.
About the book:
Opening early in 1933 in the superlative luxury of the Blue Mountains’ Hydro Majestic hotel, Miles off Course finds Rowland Sinclair and his companions ensconced in croquet and pre-dinner cocktails, that is, until the Harry Simpson, vanishes.
An Indigenous stockman, Simpson has a hold over the Sinclair brothers that is both mysterious and unusual. The Hydro Majestic is rapidly abandoned for the High Country of NSW where Rowland searches for Simpson and becomes embroiled in a much darker conspiracy.
“This latest instalment once again follows Rowland and his entourage of bohemians into an extraordinary time in Australian history. It brings Rowland to the Snowy Mountains, which is my back yard, and drags him into a rural hotbed of abduction, murder and global subterfuge,” says Sulari.
“An elusive killer, a charming sleuth … glossy, original and appealingly Australian.”
The Australia Women’s Weekly
“A devilish sense of humour.”
Australian Book Review
“A sparkling crime series … Evelyn Waugh meets Agatha Christie.”
The Age
Tickets cost $49 and include a two course meal.
