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Is part of Jim Fox 1988-1999 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Shark
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The third novel in the series that began with Fox and Ruby-Eyed Coucal. Jim Fox has recently returned to the land of his birth from the Papuan war of independence. Meanwhile, the sleepy town of Tired Sailor is nudged awake when a black child arrives, but will it ever really wake up? (Source: Publisher's website)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Gloria and Alf.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
  • Also e-book.

Works about this Work

Of Law and Place : Reading Heterotopic Spaces in Pascoe's 'Fox', 'Ruby-eyed Coucal', and 'Shark'. Alisoun Neville , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Law Journal , December vol. 15 no. 2001; (p. 55-79)
[Review] Shark Sue Polites , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 83 2001; (p. 34)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
Awkward Truth Can Leave Us Lost for Words Tegan Bennett Daylight , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2000; (p. 11)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
The Proud Map-Maker Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 3)
Fishing for Identity Anita Heiss , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 August 1999; (p. 7)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
Poetic Narrative, Wrapped in a Pot-Boiler Plot Ian McFarlane , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 2 May 1999; (p. 18)

— Review of Minyan Alan Gold , 1999 sequence short story ; Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
A Book of Baton Changes Katharine England , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 212 1999; (p. 30)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
Fishing for Identity Anita Heiss , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 August 1999; (p. 7)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
Awkward Truth Can Leave Us Lost for Words Tegan Bennett Daylight , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2000; (p. 11)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
[Review] Shark Sue Polites , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 83 2001; (p. 34)

— Review of Shark Bruce Pascoe , 1999 single work novel
Of Law and Place : Reading Heterotopic Spaces in Pascoe's 'Fox', 'Ruby-eyed Coucal', and 'Shark'. Alisoun Neville , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Law Journal , December vol. 15 no. 2001; (p. 55-79)
The Proud Map-Maker Martin Flanagan , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 December 1999; (p. 3)
Short History of a Lit Mag with a Big Agenda Jane Sullivan , 1999 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 18 July 1999; (p. 17)

Awards

1999 joint winner FAW Australian Literature Award Melbourne University Press Literature Award.
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