The Redundancy of Courage

Winner of the E.M. Forster Award and shortlistedfor the Booker Prize, this brutal and beautifulnarration of the guerrilla war against theIndonesians in Timor, praised by Fretilin ForeignMinister and Nobel prize-winner Jose Ramos-Hortafor its 'perfect authenticity', reappears now inthis handsome edition at a topical moment inhistory as Timor fully joins the UN at last."'Magnificent" - The Spectator"A marvellous tour de force" - Evening Standard"A brilliant novel, written with precision andtenderness" - Guardian


Genre: Literary Fiction