Eva dolan, author of long way homean inventive take on the great american conspiracy theory. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fever city. He has worked on film projects in india, china, mexico, brazil and australia, and currently lives in the south of france with his wife, their son, and two rescue animals, a dog and a cat. Born in sydney, australia, tim baker has lived in italy, spain and france. Fever city is a rollicking 60s noir crime beat em up, shoot em, throw em off cliffs thriller. Eva dolan, author of long way homean inventive take on the great ame. Follow tim baker and explore their bibliography from s tim baker author page. Its my turn today on the blog tour for tim baker s excellent debut novel, fever city. In fever city tim baker has crafted a phenomenal story around the jfk assassination putting forward new observations and casting more suspicions over the official story on the death of a president. Tim baker s irrepressible debut novel is a joy ride through classic noir traditions, updated with a surprisingly contemporary. Tim baker born in sydney, tim baker moved to italy in his early 20s and lived in spain before moving to paris as director of consular operations at the australian embassy in france.
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