The Low Road

· Bolinda · Narrated by Dan Wyllie
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A young petty criminal, Lee, wakes in a seedy motel to find a bullet in his side and a suitcase of stolen money next to him, with only the haziest memory of exactly how he got there. Soon he meets Wild, a morphine-addicted doctor who is escaping his own disastrous life. The two men form an unwilling, unlikely alliance and set out for the safety of a country estate owned by a former colleague of Wild’s named Sherman. As they flee the city, they develop an uneasy intimacy, inevitably revisiting their pasts even as they desperately seek to evade them. Lee is haunted by a brief stint in jail, while Wild is on the run from the legacy of medical malpractice. But Lee and Wild are not alone: they are pursued through an increasingly alien and gothic landscape by the ageing gangster Josef, who must retrieve the stolen money and deal with Lee to ensure his own survival. By the time Josef finally catches up to them, all three men have been forced to confront the parts of themselves they sought to outrun. Part classic film-noir crime-thriller, part modern tale of despair and desperation, The Low Road seduces the reader into a story that unfolds and deepens hypnotically. This is a brilliant debut novel.

About the author

Chris Womersley is an Australian author of crime fiction, short stories and poetry. He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa. He currently lives in Sydney, NSW.

Dan Wyllie is a highly regarded and well respected Australian actor who has worked extensively in theatre, television and film. His breakthrough role in the 1990 film Spotswood alongside Anthony Hopkins was followed by notable film performances in the hit comedy Muriel's Wedding opposite Toni Collette, Romper Stomper with Russell Crowe, Jane Campion's Holy Smoke, the Terrence Malick film The Thin Red Line, and PJ Hogan's Peter Pan. Dan's television performances include the award-winning series Love My Way which garnered him several award nominations and for which he won the TV Week Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2006. Some of Dan's other stand-out television performances include roles in Channel 9's Underbelly, Two Twisted produced by Bryan Brown, and the ABC series Bastard Boys and Curtin. He also played the lead role in ABC mini-series The Shark Net, an adaptation of the Robert Drewe memoir.

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