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y separately published work icon The Stencil Man single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Stencil Man
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'A concentration camp—on Australian soil. Men are separated from their families by barbed wire. They have committed no crimes; they try to explain to their children that they're not in prison. It feels like prison. They’re told it’s only temporary, there are processes in train. Nothing changes. There are riots. Plans to escape. It is 1942.

'Garry Disher’s second novel is an unflinching look at an episode in Australia’s past that has become chillingly resonant in recent years. It is a study of prisoners—here internees—driven to desperation by thoughtless bureaucracy, by prejudice, by the arbitrary exercise of power. It is a lesson in the consequences of fear. And it is the story of a man who worries for his children and will do anything—almost anything—to find his way back to them.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Ligature ed.).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Imprint , 1988 .
      Extent: 120p.
      ISBN: 0732224489
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Flamingo , 1999 .
      Extent: 120p.
      ISBN: 0732266904
    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2014 .
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      Extent: 128p.p.

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 July 1999; (p. 8)

— Review of The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
Finding the Extraordinary in the Mundane Ian McFarlane , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 4 July 1999; (p. 18)

— Review of Death Before Wicket Kerry Greenwood , 1999 single work novel ; The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
y separately published work icon A Text Response Guide to Garry Disher's The Stencil Man Ballarat : Wizard Books , 1992 Z1612174 1992 single work criticism
y separately published work icon [Review] The Stencil Man Lolo Houbein , Adelaide : Radio 5UV , 1989 Z963220 1989 single work review
— Review of The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
Untitled Helen Daniel , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 63)

— Review of The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
Kelleher's Vision of Birth, Suffering and Death Cath Kenneally , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 February 1989; (p. 80)

— Review of Em's Story : A Novel Victor Kelleher , 1988 single work novel ; The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
The Latest in Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 July 1988; (p. 7)

— Review of Pringle's War Joe White , 1988 single work novel ; The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel ; Mabel Bladon : Songs and Poems Mabel Anne Bladon , 1988 selected work poetry
Finding the Extraordinary in the Mundane Ian McFarlane , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 4 July 1999; (p. 18)

— Review of Death Before Wicket Kerry Greenwood , 1999 single work novel ; The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
Selling Good Stories a Bit Short Janet Chimonyo , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 August 1988; (p. 13)

— Review of Livio Leon Trainor , 1988 single work novel ; The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel
Road Work Peter Pierce , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 July vol. 110 no. 5629 1988; (p. 120-121)

— Review of The Stencil Man Garry Disher , 1988 single work novel ; Fox Bruce Pascoe , 1988 single work novel
y separately published work icon A Text Response Guide to Garry Disher's The Stencil Man Ballarat : Wizard Books , 1992 Z1612174 1992 single work criticism
Common Threads in Old and Young Writers Peter Davis , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 October 1988; (p. 39)
Last amended 18 Aug 2016 15:23:58
Subjects:
  • Bush,
  • Casino, Casino area, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales,
  • Tatura, Murchison - Tatura area, Shepparton area, Goulburn - Campaspe area, Northern Victoria, Victoria,
  • Country towns,
Settings:
  • 1940s
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