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y separately published work icon The Second Chair single work   novel  
Is part of The Hogarth Trilogy Don Aitkin , 1977 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 The Second Chair
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'It is 1963, and everything seems fine for the beginning of the academic year in Sydney’s new university. But the sudden death of Professor Bill Gilbey sets in train a political intrigue with disturbing implications

'For the suddenly elevated Head of Sociology, Richard Hogarth, Gilbey’s now vacant chair has to be filled, but individuals in and outside the campus have other ideas. The medicos see an opportunity to move the chair to Medicine, and Hogarth finds that what seemed straightforward is actually quite complicated. And in time the security service becomes involved as suspicions of communist infiltration arise.

'And behind the public posturings the private problems of the participants emerge to influence and confuse the sequence of events. This novel of campus intrigue was originally published in 1977 by Angus and Robertson, and was compared favourably to the work of C. P Snow in England. You can read some more about the background to the novel here.' (Publication summary)

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Works about this Work

Life Imitates Art for Don Turned Author Julie Hare , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 September 2015; (p. 32)
Worlds of Their Own : Preoccupations in Recent Fiction Peter Pierce , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 61-70)

— Review of Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park , 1977 single work novel ; Thoroughly Decent People : A Folktale Glen Tomasetti , 1976 single work novel ; Walking Through Tigerland : Stories Barry Oakley , 1977 selected work short story ; Death of the Early Morning Hero Gary Langford , 1976 single work novel ; The Second Chair Don Aitkin , 1977 single work novel ; It Chris Aulich , 1977 single work novel ; The Paper Castle Robert Macklin , 1977 single work novel
Rituals of the Heartland Barry Oakley , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: National Times , 14-19 November 1977; (p. 57)

— Review of The Visit Amy Witting , 1977 single work novel ; Thoroughly Decent People : A Folktale Glen Tomasetti , 1976 single work novel ; The Second Chair Don Aitkin , 1977 single work novel ; Thule Marjorie J. Law , 1977 single work novel
Worlds of Their Own : Preoccupations in Recent Fiction Peter Pierce , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 61-70)

— Review of Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park , 1977 single work novel ; Thoroughly Decent People : A Folktale Glen Tomasetti , 1976 single work novel ; Walking Through Tigerland : Stories Barry Oakley , 1977 selected work short story ; Death of the Early Morning Hero Gary Langford , 1976 single work novel ; The Second Chair Don Aitkin , 1977 single work novel ; It Chris Aulich , 1977 single work novel ; The Paper Castle Robert Macklin , 1977 single work novel
Rituals of the Heartland Barry Oakley , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: National Times , 14-19 November 1977; (p. 57)

— Review of The Visit Amy Witting , 1977 single work novel ; Thoroughly Decent People : A Folktale Glen Tomasetti , 1976 single work novel ; The Second Chair Don Aitkin , 1977 single work novel ; Thule Marjorie J. Law , 1977 single work novel
Life Imitates Art for Don Turned Author Julie Hare , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 September 2015; (p. 32)
Last amended 28 Jul 2015 09:53:07
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
  • 1970s
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