Michael McGuire Michael McGuire i(A118468 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Flight Risk Michael McGuire , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 14811441 2019 single work novel thriller

'Disgraced former pilot Ted Roberts works for a top-secret government organisation set up to investigate terror-related incidents. Sent to Jakarta to find out as much as he can about the pilot of a vanished Garuda flight, he discovers a flight simulator in the pilot's apartment. When the investigation turns sour, Ted escapes to New York as further disaster strikes. Another plane disappears from the sky. Then another. Three planes and hundreds of passengers and crew, vanished, without a trace. Panic is widespread and the world is teetering on the brink. Still no one has come forward to claim responsibility.

'At an eerily deserted JFK airport trying to get a flight back home, Ted witnesses a suspicious exchange between an airport cleaner and a nonchalant airline pilot. He follows the pilot to his destination: a Ukraine International Airlines flight, due to leave in an hour. All his instincts tell him that this is the next plane to go down. But what does he do? Take the flight and face almost certain death, or fly back home and watch for the news headlines? He does the unthinkable and gets on the plane.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Never a True Word Michael McGuire , Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2017 10759353 2017 single work novel

'Politics - it's a place for shiny people with ugly souls. As a journalist Jack thought he'd met every shade of nutter, narcissist and bully to be found. But then he took a job in politics and discovered he'd only scratched the surface. Even better, it's Jack's job to maintain the pretence that all is normal, that our political masters have everyone's best interests at heart, that politics is not just a collection of attention-seeking egomaniacs looking for somewhere to park their character defects.

'Yes, Jack is a political spin doctor. His new boss, Ray Sloan, is terrifying - and that's on his good days - and his former friends in the media regard him as a turncoat and a traitor. Elections, budgets and blackmail - it's all part of the bizarre world Jack now finds himself in.

'If you are looking for a tale to reaffirm your faith in democracy, this probably isn't the one.' (Publication summary)

1 [The Sick Bag Song] Michael McGuire , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 March 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of The Sick Bag Song Nick Cave , 2015 selected work poetry autobiography diary essay
1 [Review] Keating Michael McGuire , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 February 2016; (p. 27)

— Review of Keating Kerry O'Brien , 2015 selected work interview biography
1 Review : Finding a Way Michael McGuire , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 September 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Finding a Way Graeme Innes , 2016 single work autobiography
1 Haunted by Day of Dismissal Michael McGuire , 2015 single work obituary (for Malcolm Fraser )
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 March 2015; (p. 7)
'Malcolm Fraser was Australia's prime minister for more than seven years. Yet he will be remembered more for his first day on the job than for anything else he subsequently did...'
1 [Review] Challenge Michael McGuire , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 January 2015; (p. 26)

— Review of Challenge Paul Daley , 2014 single work
1 Finding Salvation Michael McGuire , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 July 2014; (p. 8)
1 [Review] Me and Rory Macbeath Michael McGuire , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 July 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of Me and Rory Macbeath Richard Beasley , 2013 single work novel
1 [Review] Dead Cat Bounce Michael McGuire , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 July 2013; (p. 26)

— Review of Dead Cat Bounce Peter Cotton , 2013 single work novel
1 Dark End of the Street Michael McGuire , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 June 2013; (p. 54)
1 [Review] The Marmalade Files Michael McGuire , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 September 2012; (p. 30)

— Review of The Marmalade Files Steve Lewis , Chris Uhlmann , 2012 single work novel
1 [Review] Running Dogs Michael McGuire , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 June 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
1 [Review] Recollections of a Bleeding Heart Michael McGuire , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Don Watson , 2002 single work biography
1 [Review] Pulling No Punches Michael McGuire , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 October 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of Pulling No Punches Barry Hall , 2011 single work autobiography
1 [Review] So Greek Michael McGuire , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 March 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of So Greek : Confessions of a Conservative Leftie Niki Savva , 2010 single work autobiography
1 [Review] The Blaze of Obscurity Michael McGuire , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 November 2009; (p. 23)

— Review of The Blaze of Obscurity : Unreliable Memoirs V Clive James , 2009 single work autobiography
1 [Review] The Revolt of the Pendulum Michael McGuire , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 September 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of The Revolt of the Pendulum Clive James , 2009 selected work essay criticism review correspondence
1 [Review] The Ghost at the Wedding Michael McGuire , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 July 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Ghost at the Wedding Shirley Walker , 2009 single work biography
1 This Week's Selections Michael McGuire , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 January 2009; (p. 9)

— Review of Jack Fingleton : The Man Who Stood up to Bradman Greg Growden , 2008 single work biography
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