‘King of the Road is a beautifully constructed, tightly written and very tense thriller’
Chris Hook, The Daily Telegraph
‘Nigel Bartlett’s gripping King of the Road is austere and written with the against-the-clock pacing of a good TV thriller. It’s crammed with ideas, stylishly and gravely written, hanging elegantly between a work of popular fiction and the literary novel, no easy feat.’
The Australian
‘A thriller with a distinctly Australian flavour, King of the Road keeps up a breathtaking momentum. David Kingsgrove becomes the reader’s avatar as Bartlett expertly taps into the panic coursing through him. An impressive debut from the Sydney-based author.’
Australian Financial Review
‘This is a cracking Sunday afternoon gobbler — the kind of book you pick up to while away a cup of tea and put down at dinner time. The plot is uncomfortably contemporary, an uneasiness compounded by the familiarity of the landscape.’
Daily Telegraph
Meet the author
Nigel Bartlett is a freelance writer and editor who has worked for many of the best-known magazines in Australia. He lives in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern. Talking about King of the Road’s main character, David Kingsgrove, he says, ‘In many ways David is who I'd like to be — physically fit, a loving uncle and a good friend, although he does have flaws. He doubts himself and lacks confidence, but he discovers his strength by being pushed to his most extreme limits.’
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