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y separately published work icon The Naked Country single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1960... 1960 The Naked Country
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'Lance Dillon is owner of a new cattle station on the southern fringe of Australia's Arnhem Land. When an Aboriginal hunting party targets Dillon's prize bull for a ritual killing, and then spears Dillon in the shoulder, it's clear they want him of their traditional land.

'Under the merciless rays of the burning sun, the wounded Dillon flees into the bush, with expert tracker Mundaru in hot pursuit.

'Dillon's city-born wife Mary and handsome local policeman Neil Adams set out to search for her husband. The gruelling journey throws them together, and it is not long before each is secretly hoping that Dillon is never found alive.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Hunters Morris West , ( dir. John Meredyth Lucas ) Sydney : Artransa Film Productions , 1961 23660071 1961 single work film/TV
form y separately published work icon The Naked Country Ross Dimsey , Tim Burstall , ( dir. Tim Burstall ) Australia : Naked Country Productions , 1985 6327677 1985 single work film/TV thriller western

Compared on Morris West's novel, this screenplay by Tim Burstall and Ross Dimsey focuses more heavily on the question of land rights and the clash between Aboriginal and settler cultures (in the conflict between Lance Dillon and Mundaru) and pulls back on the romantic sub-plot between Dillon's wife Mary and local policeman Sergeant Neil Adams.

Notes

  • Dedication: 'For Melanie Joy/ Welcome to a cock-eyed world'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Heinemann ,
      1960 .
      Extent: 202p.
      Reprinted: 1974
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Dell ,
      1961 .
      Extent: 192p.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Readers Digest Condensed Books Surry Hills : Readers' Digest Services , 1978 Z1399079 1978 anthology novel Surry Hills : Readers' Digest Services , 1978
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A West Quartet : The Naked Country; Gallows on the Sand; The Concubine; Kundu Morris West , New York (City) : William Morrow , 1981 Z1407179 1981 selected work novel New York (City) : William Morrow , 1981
    • Sevenoaks, Kent,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Coronet ,
      1983 .
      Extent: 202p.
      Reprinted: 1985
      ISBN: 0340320524
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Toronto, Ontario,
      c
      Canada,
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Bantam Books ,
      1983 .
      Extent: 196p.
      Note/s:
      • Previously published as part of A West Quartet by William Morrow, September 1981
      ISBN: 0553237136
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1991 .
      Extent: 201p.
      ISBN: 0749307005
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2017 .
      image of person or book cover 5103421002474912338.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 208p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2017.

      ISBN: 9781760297589, 9781760638467
Alternative title: La poursuite infernale
Language: French

Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.
Last amended 2 Aug 2017 15:47:35
Subjects:
  • Northern Territory,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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