Tunnel Vision

Description

Chaos seems to follow Danny and Zan. After narrowly avoiding a sticky end in Los Angeles, they escape to Vietnam to help out an old army mate of Danny's and explore a new TV-writing project. But soon they become entangled in a web of mysteries: their friend is being poisoned, a government official's daughter has disappeared, a mysterious body has been found in a canal, and there's a bloodthirsty sun bear somewhere in the city. It all seems to revolve around one powerful man, and he has Danny and Zan in his sights. They've got to get on the front foot if they're going to walk out of this mess. TUNNEL VISION sees fever-pitched adventure collide with sharply witty, pacey dialogue as Danny Clay and his (almost) faithful sidekick navigate the corrupt world lurking beneath Saigon's crowded streets.

Jimmy Thomson has written three military histories, including one about the Australian sappers (Army Engineers) who discovered the famous tunnels of Cu Chi in Vietnam. He's also written a true crime memoir set in Sydney's Kings Cross and the biographies of dual rugby internationalist Wendell Sailor and cricketer Shane Watson. He is a successful TV scriptwriter, having created three TV drama series: Breakers (set in Bondi), Crash Palace (set in Kings Cross) and Rain Shadow, which ran on the ABC starring Rachel Ward. He has worked in TV across Australia and in Los Angeles and been nominated three times for TV sitcom writing awards. Jimmy has visited Vietnam frequently, four times as a tour guide, for both military history groups and those more interested in broader Vietnamese culture. His current project is organising a book and movie tour of Vietnam featuring this novel, The Quiet American and Indochine. Jimmy lives in Sydney with his family.