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Is part of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 2015 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 A Green Light
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'Johnny Morgan is born into a suburban working class Catholic family where he matures, on the one hand, within the strict regime of Catholicism and on the other, within a knockabout world where brute force and cunning are the preferred means of dealing with authority and survival.

'The result is a value system of never dob anyone in, a misunderstanding and arrogance…'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2015 ed.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Dude and for Peter Oyston.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1987 .
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      Extent: 840p.
      ISBN: 014009964
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      :       Ray Mooney ,       2015 .
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      Alternative title: The Kingdom of Children
      Extent: 305p.p.
      ISBN: 9780987593603
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Works about this Work

Untitled D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 201)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Insider Shines Some Light on Criminality Louise Bellamy , 1988 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 23 April 1988; (p. 9)
How an Australian Sociopath is Made Stephen Knight , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , June 18. 1988; (p. 78)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Paying the Price for Prison Life Ian Freckleton , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 1988; (p. 12)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Green Light or Red Light? Sasha Soldatow , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 101 1988; (p. 27-29)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Murnane and Mooney David Matthews , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 112 1988; (p. 87-88)
— Review of Inland Gerald Murnane , 1988 single work novel ; A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Green Light or Red Light? Sasha Soldatow , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 101 1988; (p. 27-29)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Paying the Price for Prison Life Ian Freckleton , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 April 1988; (p. 12)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
How an Australian Sociopath is Made Stephen Knight , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , June 18. 1988; (p. 78)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Untitled D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 201)
— Review of A Green Light Ray Mooney , 1987 single work novel
Insider Shines Some Light on Criminality Louise Bellamy , 1988 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 23 April 1988; (p. 9)
Starters and Writers Mark Rubbo , 1988 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 102 1988; (p. Inside front cover)
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Last amended 3 Apr 2020 10:26:39
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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