The Messenger (Zusak novel)

The Messenger
Australian paperback edition
AuthorMarkus Zusak
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPan Macmillan
Publication date
10 January 2002
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages396 (first edition, paperback)
ISBN0330363883

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.

  1. ^ "I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak – review" The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-01.