Thomas Keneally, author of “Schindler’s List,” seems to be fascinated with suffering and adversity; he has written about the Holocaust, the famine in 19th-century Ireland and British convicts being deported to Australia. His most recent subject of focus has been the struggling African county Eritrea. “‘Novelists,’ he says, ‘write about fraternity and love across borders, race and culture and about characters who have everything against them “because the best stories are there.'” – Sydney Morning Herald