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y separately published work icon Five Ring Circus single work   novel   crime   detective  
Is part of Scobie Malone Jon Cleary , 1954 series - author novel (number 15 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Five Ring Circus
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'Award-winning writer Jon Cleary’s new novel featuring the popular detective Scobie Malone, in which he reveals a corrupt and ruthless conspiracy surrounding the Olympics.

'As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, Scobie Malone is confronted with solving a scam that does nothing for the city’s image. Lurking beneath a facade of respectability, illicit deals are being struck and money from Hong Kong is being banked in large quantities. But whose money is it, and where is it really from?
'The people responsible will eliminate anyone who is a potential security risk: students and businessmen are being publicly, and privately, executed – with the same sinister, systematic style. Meanwhile Scobie’s investigation is frustrated at every turn by a wall of silence as vast as the Great Wall of China, making progress impossible… until he finds the cracks which will lead him to the unexpected truth.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      HarperCollins Australia ,
      1998 .
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      Extent: 247p.
      Description: port.
      ISBN: 0002257386 (hbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      William Morrow ,
      1998 .
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      Extent: 247p.
      Edition info: 1st U.S. ed.
      ISBN: 0688164684 (alk. paper)

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  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene Stuart Coupe , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)

— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove Dave Warner , 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You James Tatham , 1998 single work novel
C is for Christmas Patricia Rolfe , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December-5 January (1998-1999) vol. 117 no. 6155 1998; (p. 146-149)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel ; Something Wicked Jennifer Rowe , 1998 single work novel
Changes at the Top Neil Jillett , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 1998; (p. 9)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel
Scobie Malone is Back Jeff Popple , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel
Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene Stuart Coupe , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)

— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide Peter Temple , 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove Dave Warner , 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You James Tatham , 1998 single work novel
Scobie Malone is Back Jeff Popple , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel
Changes at the Top Neil Jillett , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 1998; (p. 9)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel
C is for Christmas Patricia Rolfe , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December-5 January (1998-1999) vol. 117 no. 6155 1998; (p. 146-149)

— Review of Five Ring Circus Jon Cleary , 1998 single work novel ; Something Wicked Jennifer Rowe , 1998 single work novel
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