Description
Tense, intelligent and gripping, Freedom Square presents a rich portrayal of the terrifying crisis which brought the present political leadership of Indonesia to power.
Murray Stephenson, an official at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in 1965, is drawn into the turmoil of the last days of the Sukarno Government, Is he merely an observer, or is he working underground for ASIS, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, or for the CIA?
Was 'the coup' the work of the communists, Sukarno's own sympathisers, or the Diponegoro Regiment? What was the role of the Gerwani women, and how significant is Murray's entanglement with the beautiful Ade?
Freedom Square explores an exotic, shadowy world, mixing
undoubted fact and exciting fiction in an intoxicating form that will fascinate readers both Asian and European. Reviewers praised Kerry Collison's best-selling first novel, The Timor Man...
ISBN:9780958744867 
