Robert Morrison Robert Morrison i(A1439 works by) (a.k.a. Robert D. Morrison; Rob Morrison; Robert Daniel Morrison)
Born: Established: 1934 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Untitled Robert Morrison , 2006 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 December 2006; (p. 2)
1 y separately published work icon The Betrayers Robert Morrison , Briar Hill : Indra Publishing , 2004 Z1296980 2004 single work novel young adult

'Things go wrong in a big way for Candy Somerville when her father commits suicide. Feeling herself responsible, she is driven by guilt into a journey to Thailand on an insane mission. When she arrives in Bangkok in 1992 during the uprising against the military junta, a large amount of heroin is found in her baggage, leading to her imprisonment on a capital charge, in the infamous Klong Prem prison.

'Her father's old friend, a consul at the Australian Embassy, offers to get her legal help but she refuses to talk to him. Her brother and their uncle arrive from Sydney expecting to at least win her bail from prison, but she violently rejects their assistance.

'Sensing a story, the beautiful Bangkok correspondent for a Sydney television channel works on the brother for information. Meanwhile, the consul and her uncle manage to bribe a corrupt Army colonel to release Candy from prison. Much to her dismay, she is released.

'And then the colonel discovers he has been compromised by a news report about her release...

'In The Betrayers we read the story as told by six very different participants - Candy's brother, the consul, his mistress, the reporter, the uncle, and finally Candy herself.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 4 y separately published work icon Last Journey : A Novel Robert Morrison , Carindale : Glass House Books , 2000 Z668092 2000 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Javta's Ghost Robert Morrison , Hunters Hill : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1996 Z140489 1996 single work children's fiction children's

'This story explores the loneliness of a boy after the death of his father and the changes it brings to his life. During this trying time he meets friends – one an eccentric old woman, and the other a ghost.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon The Secret Sandwich Robert Morrison , Hunters Hill : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1993 Z101233 1993 single work children's fiction children's "This is a moving and dramatic story of a young boy's friendship with an outsider - a man who has shunned convention and "taken the robe" as a Buddhist monk. The bigotry and confusion felt by the people of the small country town lead to tragedy, but the boy's constant loyalty and friendship prevail. A story of compassion, friendship and tolerance." (Source: QBD)
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