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Subversion thrives on turmoil.

In Holland to study at the mysterious Grotius Institute. Leon Davies is accosted by a student linked to foreign radicals.

The encounter plunges him into an intrigue which will haunt him for a lifetime - leading finally to his interrogation by a counter-espionage expert who confronts him with evidence gathered in Amsterdam, Indonesia and Australia.

The questions probe deep. Doubts, fears, myths, betrayals, utopian illusions, are all relentlessly exposed, then stripped away.

At the centre of the affair, stands the Bellarmine Jug, the strangely inscribed curio which seems to hold the key…

Notes

  • The title comes from the European artifact the 'bellarmine jug' also known as a 'witch jug'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1984 .
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      Extent: 260p.
      Reprinted: 1985
      ISBN: 0140072527
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Portrayal of Librarians in Australian Creative Writing Australian Library Journal Michael Middleton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Library Journal , June vol. 60 no. 2 2011; (p. 144-154) 'An exploration is made of the ways in which librarians have been depicted in Australian creative writing. Reference is made to characters in novels, short stories, drama and poetry. With respect to novels, there is some consideration of characterisation and its relationship to plot.' Michael Middleton.
Australian Literature and the Making of History Paul Sharrad , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 55-74) Sharrad in this essay discusses a wide range of Australian fiction with attention to its negotiations with history. Sharrad says that the struggle of the writers he examines 'has been both to recover and reject history' (72-73). Through fiction, history is brought to life but 'lest we become trapped by the tyranny of the past, the writer has also to perform literary exorcisms that will free the future from the hauntings which currently still visit the Australian national present' (73).
Farrago for Australia: Law, Power and Textuality in Three Novels by Nicholas Hasluck Kieran Dolin , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 32 no. 2 1997; (p. 113-123)
Legal Fictions and Nicholas Hasluck's "The Bellarmine Jug" Kieran Dolin , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 37 no. 4 1992; (p. 47-54)
House of Mirrors: Satire and the Law Nicholas Hasluck , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 37 no. 4 1992; (p. 13-17)
Untitled Don Grant , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Centre Broadsheet , January - February vol. 4 no. 1 1985; (p. 2)
— Review of The Bellarmine Jug : A Novel Nicholas Hasluck , 1984 single work novel
[Review] The Bodysurfers Brian Edwards , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Landfall , June vol. 39 no. 2 1985; (p. 213-223)
— Review of Fly Away Peter David Malouf , 1982 single work novella ; The Bodysurfers Robert Drewe , 1983 selected work short story ; An Item from the Late News Thea Astley , 1982 single work novel ; The Cure Peter Kocan , 1983 single work novel ; White Stag of Exile Thomas Shapcott , 1984 single work novel ; The State of the Art : The Mood of Contemporary Australia in Short Stories 1983 anthology short story ; Kewpie Doll Barbara Hanrahan , 1984 single work novel ; The Bellarmine Jug : A Novel Nicholas Hasluck , 1984 single work novel ; Harland's Half Acre David Malouf , 1984 single work novel ; Woman in a Lampshade Elizabeth Jolley , 1983 selected work short story ; Miss Peabody's Inheritance Elizabeth Jolley , 1983 single work novel
Moles of Truth John McLaren , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1985; (p. 47-51)
— Review of Harland's Half Acre David Malouf , 1984 single work novel ; The Bellarmine Jug : A Novel Nicholas Hasluck , 1984 single work novel
Staying in the Reserves Gerard Windsor , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , April no. 98 1985; (p. 68-69)
— Review of Perfect Love : A Novel Laurie Clancy , 1983 single work novel ; Bill's Break 'Alistair Skelton' , 1983 single work novel ; Uphill Runner James McQueen , 1984 selected work short story ; The Bellarmine Jug : A Novel Nicholas Hasluck , 1984 single work novel
Even If You Know the Story, It's Only Half the Story Humphrey McQueen , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 August 1984; (p. 44)
— Review of The Bellarmine Jug : A Novel Nicholas Hasluck , 1984 single work novel
Australian Literature and the Making of History Paul Sharrad , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 55-74) Sharrad in this essay discusses a wide range of Australian fiction with attention to its negotiations with history. Sharrad says that the struggle of the writers he examines 'has been both to recover and reject history' (72-73). Through fiction, history is brought to life but 'lest we become trapped by the tyranny of the past, the writer has also to perform literary exorcisms that will free the future from the hauntings which currently still visit the Australian national present' (73).
Portrayal of Librarians in Australian Creative Writing Australian Library Journal Michael Middleton , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Library Journal , June vol. 60 no. 2 2011; (p. 144-154) 'An exploration is made of the ways in which librarians have been depicted in Australian creative writing. Reference is made to characters in novels, short stories, drama and poetry. With respect to novels, there is some consideration of characterisation and its relationship to plot.' Michael Middleton.
House of Mirrors: Satire and the Law Nicholas Hasluck , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 37 no. 4 1992; (p. 13-17)
Legal Fictions and Nicholas Hasluck's "The Bellarmine Jug" Kieran Dolin , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Summer vol. 37 no. 4 1992; (p. 47-54)
Nicholas Hasluck Candida Baker (interviewer), 1986 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1986; (p. 158-182)
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    Australia,
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  • Amsterdam,
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    Netherlands,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1940s
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