PRAISE FOR FORTUNE

‘Fortune careens across history’s epochs in the same way it gallops from continent to continent, its characters traversing a stage from Napoleonic Prussia to South America and Van Diemen’s Land. It’s an audacious, brilliantly crafted take on history—a novel about the past like no other. It draws your breath in the same way as if you’d witnessed a jigsaw puzzle tossed and scattered into the air only to have its pieces land on the ground in perfect unity.’—Paul Daley, Guardian Australia

‘Fortune is a supremely entertaining novel—witty, gripping and endlessly surprising—told with energy and charm. Lenny’s great talent is showing that even if the upheavals of history are usually set in motion by famous individuals, it is those lost to history who are left to pick up the pieces and find their way through the ensuing chaos.’—Chris Womersley, author of Bereft and City of Crows

‘A thrilling tale of adventure told across centuries and continents … It made me laugh and cry and swear with astonishment. It is savage and nihilistic, wise and kind, never less than gripping, and it is over far sooner than you want it to be. And every line is marked with the author’s unmistakable stylistic signature: somewhere between Roger Federer at the net and Mick Jagger’s rooster strut.’—Geordie Williamson, Chief Literary Critic, The Australian

PRAISE FOR INFAMY

‘Bartulin has written a truly exciting book, a nightmare tale of pursuit glimpsed in vivid fragments. He has revealed a capacious talent, assured even as it seems reckless.’ —Peter Pierce, The Weekend Australian

‘Infamy is a novel that satisfies on every level. Intensely cinematic—imagine Martin Scorsese let loose in Van Diemen’s Land—it distils the colonial experience down to its elemental violence. With vivid characters, deep psychological understanding and symphonic plotting, it drew me in so completely that it was a shock to find out that this is a work of the imagination. Bartulin has made fiction stranger, and more compelling, than truth. A Tassie devil of a book.’—Malcolm Knox

‘A rip-snorting, swashbuckling Aussie western set in the early part of the nation’s history … Bartulin gives a visceral sense of the place, of the heat and isolation that bubbles up through savage drinking binges and dockland murders, whorehouses and massacres. Infamy is an excellent read. It is a book that gets the blood flowing and the fist pounding, and makes you glad you don’t live by a dockyard tavern in 1830s Tasmania.’—Sydney Morning Herald

‘All the requisite ingredients for a retro, rollicking tale are duly assembled. A great Tasmanian rogue, Errol Flynn, would have relished bringing the role of Burr to the screen … Tasmania deserves an encore from Bartulin.’—Canberra Times

‘This Australian Western draws on Tasmania’s early penal history and results in a highly original concept and storyline, which will keep you intrigued until the final page.’—Sunday Tasmanian

‘A rollicking, dark tale set in the bloody midst of Tasmania’s colonial past.’—Books+Publishing

‘Infamy is a superbly rendered piece of historical fiction, a dark, almost noir crime story, and a unique and unashamedly Australian take on the western.’—The King’s Tribune

‘Outrageous, fast-paced and exhilarating … it’s Errol Flynn meets Tarantino in a Deadwood down-under. Lenny Bartulin has an exciting new voice in historical adventure that goes well beyond old-fashioned swash-and-buckle and confidently busts loose into new territory. Brilliant!’ —The Historical Novel Society

‘A panoramic vision of the madness and mayhem of Australia’s early colonial experience and a highly enjoyable raucous adventure.’—Readings