Author | Markus Zusak |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Publication date | 10 January 2002 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 396 (first edition, paperback) |
ISBN | 0330363883 |
The Messenger, released in the United States as I Am the Messenger, is a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak, and winner of the 2003 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. The story is written from the perspective of the protagonist, taxi driver Ed Kennedy,[1] whose journey begins after he stops a robbery and receives a playing card in the mail.