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Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 A Victim of the Aurora
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In the bitter Antarctic winter of 1910, in the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of gentleman adventurers wait out a raging blizzard in the close, perpetual darkness, poised for a strike at the South Pole. As the storm lifts, a new challenge faces Captain Sir Eugene Stewart - to discover which of his twenty-five carefully chosen men has become a murderer, as what has begun as a probe for the bottom of the world becomes a probe for the bottom of man's soul. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Bob Hawke

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins ,
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      Extent: 222p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0002224933
    • London,
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      Fontana ,
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      Extent: 188p.
      Description: illus., maps
      ISBN: 0006153208 (pbk)
    • San Diego, California,
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      Americas,
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      Harcourt Brace ,
      1985 .
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      Extent: 219p.
      Edition info: 1st Harvest edition
      Reprinted: 2001 ISBN 0156007339
      ISBN: 0156935341 (pbk)
      Series: Harvest Book Harcourt (publisher), series - publisher
    • Sevenoaks, Kent,
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      Sceptre ,
      1988 .
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      Extent: 203p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes list of characters, 'Members of the Stewart Expedition'.
      • Second impression 1988.
      ISBN: 0340407867 (pbk)
    • Orlando, Florida,
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      Harvest/Harcourt ,
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      Extent: 219p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 28th 2001
      ISBN: 9780156007337
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      Sceptre ,
      2014 .
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      Extent: 203p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 10th 2014
      ISBN: 9780340407868

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A National (Diasporic?) Living Treasure : Thomas Keneally Paul Sharrad , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 14 2015; (p. 20-27)
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The Resemblance of Things Past, Present and Future Cliff Hanna , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 40 no. 1 1980; (p. 120-124)

— Review of A Woman of the Future David Ireland , 1979 single work novel ; A Victim of the Aurora Thomas Keneally , 1977 single work novel ; Passenger Thomas Keneally , 1979 single work novel
Recent Fiction Peter Pierce , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 37 no. 3 1978; (p. 393-401)

— Review of Flying Home : A Novel Morris Lurie , 1978 single work novel ; Water Under the Bridge : A Novel Sumner Locke Elliott , 1977 single work novel ; Sweethearts Colin Talbot , 1978 single work novel ; Quarantine Nicholas Hasluck , 1978 single work novel ; A Victim of the Aurora Thomas Keneally , 1977 single work novel ; Almost Like Talking R. A. Nicholls , 1978 single work novel
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— Review of A Victim of the Aurora Thomas Keneally , 1977 single work novel
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— Appears in: Queen's Quarterly , vol. 85 no. 1978-1979; (p. 643-646)

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'A Place of Ideals in Conflict' : Images of Antarctica in Australian Literature Elizabeth Leane , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Littoral Zone : Australian Contexts and Their Writers 2007; (p. 261-290)
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Thomas Keneally's 'Victim of the Aurora' and the Limits of Detective Fiction Tracy Ware , 1992-1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: World Literature Written in English , vol. 32, no2-33, no.1 no. 1992-1993; (p. 98-105)
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— Appears in: Yacker 2 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1987; (p. 116-142)
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— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 1 1981; (p. 57-66)
The Most Frightening Rebellion : The Recent Novels of Thomas Keneally Veronica Brady , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 38 no. 1 1979; (p. 74-86)
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