My Name Is Revenge : A Novella and Collected Essays

On 17 December 1980, at 9:47 am, two men shot the Turkish consul-general to Sydney and his bodyguard near the consul’s home in Vaucluse. The assassins aimed, fired, and vanished.

A finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, My Name Is Revenge is a novella set in 1980s Sydney and based on true events.

From the assassination in Australia, one of a series of international terrorist attacks, the story traces back to the streets of 1920s Berlin and the Armenian genocide of World War I. Three companion essays provide historical context.

About the Author

Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of My Name Is Revenge, a literary thriller novella described as ‘gripping’, ‘unflinching’ and ‘a gritty story of justice denied’. Peter Stanley notes it as ‘a fine example of why history matters’. My Name is Revenge was a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Award.