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Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 The Cut-Rate Kingdom
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'1942 and the world is at war. Australia and its government look to events in Asia with alarm. Political reporter 'Paperboy' Tyson's relationship with Labor Prime Minister, Johnny Mulhall, gives him a privileged insight into the man's ambivalence to war. While the nation struggles to establish its role amidst the far-reaching events of the day, Mulhall finds himself strangely entangled in a personal dilemma no less weighty than the demands of his public role as a ruler in a cut-rate kingdom.' (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: The Cut-Rate Kingdom : A Novel
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Wildcat Press , 1980 .
      Extent: 126p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Note/s:
      • A Bulletin book published by Wildcat Press in magazine form.
      • Illustrations include cartoons, photos of Australian sites, events, people, and war photos.
      ISBN: 0908463065
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Viking ,       1984 .
      Extent: 270p.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Allen Lane ,       1984 .
      Extent: 270p.
      Reprinted: 1984
      ISBN: 9780713916478 (hbk), 0713916478 (hbk)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1984 .
      Extent: 270p.
      ISBN: 0140072242
    • Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Penguin Books ,       1985 .
      Extent: 270p.
      ISBN: 0140072241 (pbk)
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 1997; (p. 16)
The Sites of War in the Fiction of Thomas Keneally Peter Pierce , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 4 1986; (p. 442-452)
The Sole Confidant Neil Jillett , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 April 1984; (p. 15)
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 May 1984; (p. 8)
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 24 1980; (p. 40)
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Untitled R. Hall , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 August 1980; (p. 21)
— Review of The Cut-Rate Kingdom Thomas Keneally , 1980 single work novel
Untitled Hope Hewitt , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 October 1980; (p. 22)
— Review of The Cut-Rate Kingdom Thomas Keneally , 1980 single work novel
The Real Scribes of Canberra Russell Wenholz , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 January 1997; (p. 16)
The Sites of War in the Fiction of Thomas Keneally Peter Pierce , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 4 1986; (p. 442-452)
New Book-Style : Biggest Leap Since Paperbacks Derril Farrar , 1980 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 August vol. 101 no. 5226 1980; (p. 32)
A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure : Thomas Keneally Paul Sharrad , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 20-27) Although Thomas Keneally is firmly located as a national figure, his international literary career and his novels’ inspection of colonial exile, Aboriginal alienation, and movements of people throughout history reflect aspects of diasporic experience, while pushing the term itself into wider meaning of the transnational.
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Last amended 23 Sep 2009 12:22:27
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
  • c
    Papua New Guinea,
    c
    Pacific Region,
  • Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1940s
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