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Best-selling novel The Messenger debuts as ABC series

Markus Zusak
Young actor William McKenna takes on his next big role in Markus Zusak's The Messenger.

Australian author Markus Zusak has waited more than 20 years to see his award-winning novel The Messenger turned into a TV series.

His 2002 international best-selling tale about an accidental hero has been performed three times in theatres around the country, and now the ABC is set to premiere the story in an eight-part, mini-series drama.

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