Meatloaf in Manhattan (22 page)

Hugely positive and an imaginative tour de force
In Search of the Blue Tiger
is at once a celebration of books and reading, an affecting love story between a widowed town librarian and a lonely troubled child and a gripping testament to the way that any of us can move beyond the mistakes of our past to a new beginning.

Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Unpublished Manuscript Prize

Also by Robert Power

The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy

Robert Power

9781921924422

Transit Lounge Trade PB 336pp

Also available as an e-book

‘Robert Power has created a beautiful, richly imagined book. Gripping and compelling. A 21st century tale of risk, resolution and redemption.'

Charles Palmer, writer and film director. Credits include the BBC thriller 'Death in Paradise', as well as 'Dr Who', 'Miss Marple', 'Poirot', 'Larkrise to Candleford'.

A novel of psychological precision, social and political observation and Hitchcock-like suspense.

London- based scientist Anthony Malloy has made a discovery that will hugely benefit global health. A pharmaceutical company is keen to market his invention of the single-use syringe, but its backing comes at a terrible price. What ensues entangles Anthony in a web of intrigue and blackmail that has unforeseeable and surprising consequences for him and the women in his life: his radical sister, his musically gifted daughter and his soon-to-be-ex-wife. His dilemma-fuelled and conscience-ridden journey takes him from London to Vietnam and Thailand and then on to Chicago and Bogota.

With characters that we care about, an original and daring premise, and an assured lightness of touch, this is taut, engaging fiction from the author of the critically acclaimed In
Search of the Blue Tiger
.

Robert Power is the author of
In Search of the Blue Tiger
and
The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy
. He has worked in HIV prevention for many years, travelling to all continents and appearing in all media, both here and abroad. Born in Dublin, Robert now lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and his youngest son. In 2011 he was a winner in
The Age
Short Story Prize for his story
Meatloaf in Manhattan
.