Comeback

Lindsay Tanner

‘Tanner’s second novel echoes what he says is the new fault line in global democratic politics: education rather than income.’

Troy Bramston, Weekend Australian

‘A tribute to life in inner-urban Australia.’

Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald

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‘The author captures with fidelity the cadences of working-class Australian speech – which serves to remind us that the exit of a politician who listens to ordinary folk is politics’ loss.’

Ken Haley, Courier Mail

‘Tanner is not afraid to use this selfish, blokey bachelor as a guide, positioning the reader as a passenger being driven around by a friendly motor mouth and it’s quite relaxing, in a nostalgic kind of way.’

Rhonda Dredge, CBD News

‘A thoroughly engrossing and enjoyable read.’

Samela Harris, Adelaide Advertiser

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘Comfort Zone is, in many respects, a love letter to the inner-city electorate that Tanner represented … held together and sustained by a wonderful warmth and a lightness of touch.’

Michael McGirr, Sydney Morning Herald

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘A decent man is pitched into a dangerous world where his strengths are tested and his weaknesses exposed.’

Robert Gott, author of The Port Fairy Murders

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘The story is an entertaining one … Behind the plot is evidence of a keen moral intelligence … Tanner shows a keen sense of life’s variety and the luck that attends to it.’

Edward O. Wilson, University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

‘Lindsay Tanner’s political background shapes a compelling adventure through the unpredictable world of the Carlton crew, the construction industry, and the homelessness crisis.’

Peter Gordon

Behind the prosperous, genteel landscape of the inner city lies a very different world of hardship and insecurity – where a roof over your head is never guaranteed.

Jack van Duyn is a Melbourne taxi-driver in his mid-fifties, living alone in a dingy Brunswick flat. He’s settled into a drab existence, with little money, few friends, and no prospects.

He’s still recovering from weeks of turmoil triggered by his infatuation with beautiful Somali refugee Farhia, and the bitter conflict with drug dealers, spies, and thugs that ensued — as described in Comfort Zone.

However, Jack’s return to normality is short-lived. He’s about to be hurtled into a vicious power struggle involving crooked property developers, angry unionists, and a deranged stalker from his past. Before he knows it, his world is starting to unravel, and he’s running for his life …

‘Tanner’s second novel echoes what he says is the new fault line in global democratic politics: education rather than income.’

Troy Bramston, Weekend Australian

‘A tribute to life in inner-urban Australia.’

Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald

View all reviews

‘The author captures with fidelity the cadences of working-class Australian speech – which serves to remind us that the exit of a politician who listens to ordinary folk is politics’ loss.’

Ken Haley, Courier Mail

Rhonda Dredge, CBD News

‘A thoroughly engrossing and enjoyable read.’

Samela Harris, Adelaide Advertiser

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘Comfort Zone is, in many respects, a love letter to the inner-city electorate that Tanner represented … held together and sustained by a wonderful warmth and a lightness of touch.’

Michael McGirr, Sydney Morning Herald

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘A decent man is pitched into a dangerous world where his strengths are tested and his weaknesses exposed.’

Robert Gott, author of The Port Fairy Murders

Praise for Comfort Zone:

‘The story is an entertaining one … Behind the plot is evidence of a keen moral intelligence … Tanner shows a keen sense of life’s variety and the luck that attends to it.’

Edward O. Wilson, University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

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Format:Paperback

Size:234mm × 153mm

Extent:240pp

ISBN (13):9781925713909

RRP:$29.99

Pub date:19 Feb 2019

Rights Held: World

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Lindsay Tanner

Lindsay Tanner was the minister for finance and deregulation in the Rudd–Gillard governments, and held the seat of Melbourne for the Australian Labor Party from 1993 to 2010. Having retired from politics at the 2010 federal election, he is now a special adviser to Lazard Australia, a vice-chancellor’s fellow and adjunct professor at Victoria University, and chairman of the Essendon Football Club. Mr Tanner is the author of several other books, including Politics with Purpose (2012) and Sideshow (2011). Comeback is the sequel to Comfort Zone (2016).