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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Act of Grace
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Set in the second half of World War II, this novel tells the story of two members of an Irish-Australian family. Reardon is a rear gunner in a bomber, flying missions over Germany and fighting his conscience over the indiscriminate bombing of German cities. Perpetua, his sister, is a nun in a Sydney convent, suffering her own form of self-doubt. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       William Morrow ,       1988 .
      Alternative title: Firestorm
      Extent: 336p.
      Edition info: 1st US ed.
      ISBN: 0688073638
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan ,       1989 .
      Extent: vi, 306 p.p.
      ISBN: 0330309102 (pbk)
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Australian Melodramas : Thomas Keneally's Fiction Peter Pierce , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1995 Z565009 1995 single work criticism The first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work. It concentrates on his novels, but also covers plays and non-fiction, and analyses the academic reception of Keneally's work.
Untitled D. Davison , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 March 1992; (p. Review 7)
— Review of Act of Grace William Coyle , 1988 single work novel
Novels to Order - No Canvas Too Large L. V. Kepert , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 October 1988; (p. 87)
— Review of The Grotto Coral Lansbury , 1988 single work novel ; Act of Grace William Coyle , 1988 single work novel
Novels to Order - No Canvas Too Large L. V. Kepert , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 October 1988; (p. 87)
— Review of The Grotto Coral Lansbury , 1988 single work novel ; Act of Grace William Coyle , 1988 single work novel
Untitled D. Davison , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 March 1992; (p. Review 7)
— Review of Act of Grace William Coyle , 1988 single work novel
y separately published work icon Australian Melodramas : Thomas Keneally's Fiction Peter Pierce , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1995 Z565009 1995 single work criticism The first comprehensive critical study of Keneally's work. It concentrates on his novels, but also covers plays and non-fiction, and analyses the academic reception of Keneally's work.
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