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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Maestro
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'Against the backdrop of Darwin, that small, tropical hothouse of a port, half-outback, half-oriental, lying at the tip of northern Australia, a young and newly arrived southerner encounters the 'maestro', a Viennese refugee with a shadowed past. The occasion is a piano lesson, the first of many... ' (Publication summary)

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  • Also published in sound recording format. (Audio publication awarded the Trish Trinick Prize for Unabridged Fiction, 1994)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1989 .
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      Description: port.
      ISBN: 9780207162893, 0207162891
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bloomsbury ,       1991 .
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      Extent: 149p.p.
      ISBN: 9780747507284, 0747507287
    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2014 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Edition info: 5th edition
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2014
      ISBN: 9780732297350 (paperback) :
      Series: y separately published work icon Modern Australian Classics A & R Modern Australian Classics Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2014- 7434666 2014 series - publisher
Language: German
    • Vienna,
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      Austria,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Frankfurt am Main,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Zsolnay ; Deuticke Verlag ,       2007 .
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      Extent: 129p.
      ISBN: 97835506470, 355206472
    • Vienna,
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      Austria,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Zsolnay ,       2018 .
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      Extent: 192p.p.
      Edition info: Ebook
      ISBN: 9783552063754, 3552063757
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The Forum : Peter Goldsworthy on Outrage Peter Goldsworthy , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 November 2008; (p. 2) Peter Goldsworthy comments on literary and artistic portrayals of sexuality and sexual relationships that could be viewed as predatory and/or illegal.
Two Hands Strike the Right Note Deborah Bogle , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 October 2008; (p. 4-6-)
Author Captures Darwin's Essence Gia Metherell , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 November 2005; (p. 14)
Life Lessons from a Master Michelle Prawer , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News (What's On) , 30 January vol. 64 no. 17 1998; (p. 8)
— Review of Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
On Being Studied by Your Son at School : Some Thoughts on `Maestro' Peter Goldsworthy , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: Navel Gazing : Essays, Half-Truths and Mystery Flights 1998; (p. 168-185)
A Cheeky Triumph Helen Garner , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , November no. 69 1989; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
A Cheeky Triumph Helen Garner , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , November no. 18 1989; (p. 13)
— Review of Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
Contemporary Writing : the Mark of Quality A. P. Riemer , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 November 1989; (p. 86)
— Review of Oceana Fine Tom Flood , 1989 single work novel ; The Initiate Justin D'Ath , 1989 single work novel ; Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
Dark Secrets of Pianist in Near Perfect Pitch D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 November 1989; (p. 10)
— Review of Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
Emotional Account of Master and Student Katharine England , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 November 1989; (p. 14)
— Review of Maestro Peter Goldsworthy , 1989 single work novel
Author Captures Darwin's Essence Gia Metherell , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 13 November 2005; (p. 14)
Two Hands Strike the Right Note Deborah Bogle , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 October 2008; (p. 4-6-)
The Forum : Peter Goldsworthy on Outrage Peter Goldsworthy , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 November 2008; (p. 2) Peter Goldsworthy comments on literary and artistic portrayals of sexuality and sexual relationships that could be viewed as predatory and/or illegal.
y separately published work icon A Student's Guide to Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy Richard McRoberts , Ballarat : Wizard Books , 1995 Z1612123 1995 single work criticism
Death is Not Such a Funny Business Murray Waldren , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 November 1993; (p. rev 6)
— Appears in: Dining Out with Mr Lunch 1999; (p. 144-149)
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    Austria,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Adelaide, South Australia,
  • Asia,
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    Australia,
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  • 1960s
  • 1970s
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