The Playmaker
by Thomas Keneally
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Read in January, 2005
The Playmaker is a stunning historical fiction about British prisoners shipped off to live in the newly colonized Australia. Keneally, who also wrote Schindler's List, provides rich characterizations of the British military and their captives while extending compassion to all who find themselves incarcerated in their new world.
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There isn't one specific thing I can pinpoint that would explain why this is a five-star book. I just couldn't put it down, and it has been haunting me; that has to mean something. It was understated, yet profound. The best piece of historical fiction I've ever read.
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Read in January, 2008
Perhaps I just wasn't in the mood for this book. I just couldn't get into it after the first two chapters. I did try but found that I wasn't picking the book up after putting it down. It's probably a wonderful book, but just not for me.
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Read in January, 1992
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Drawn from the beginnings of the English Australian colonies, this is the novel upon which Timberlake Wertenbaker based her play, "Our Country's Good"-yep I want to direct it.
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This is a fascinating tale about the origins of Australia as a penal colony of Great Britain.
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