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y separately published work icon The Marvellous Boy single work   novel   crime   detective  
Is part of A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1980- series - author novel short story (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 The Marvellous Boy
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'It's no secret that the people who hire Hardy have nowhere else to turn.

Take Lady Catherine Chatterton, widow of the eminent judge. She's desperate to hand down the mantle of her husband's legal reign (not to mention the money) to someone more deserving than her boozy daughter Bettina.

So she hires Hardy to find her missing grandson - a tall order considering the only evidence of the young man's existence came two years earlier from an ageing drunk. Funny thing - when Hardy finds that drunk there is a helpful photograph... and within the hour, the drunk is dead. Now Hardy's on a murder case.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan , 1982 .
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      This image has been sourced from author's website
      Extent: 176p.
      ISBN: 0330270192
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Cliff Hardy Collection Peter Corris , Sydney : Pan , 1986 Z562642 1986 selected work novel crime Sydney : Pan , 1986 pg. 237-408
    Note: Bound together with The Dying Trade and White Meat in A Cliff Hardy Collection.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Ballantine Books ,
      1986 .
      Alternative title: The Marvelous Boy
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 224p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication Date: November 2014
      ISBN: 9781760113889
Alternative title: Le Garçon Merveilleux
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Rivages ,
      1989 .
      Extent: 234p.
      ISBN: 2869302908

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Works about this Work

Stalking the Mean Streets of Bondi Stephen Knight , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 January 1990; (p. 34)
Cult Figure Battles On Stuart Sayers , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 12 January 1985; (p. 10)
Lay Him Back Any More and He'll Take a Count Stephen Knight , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 March, 1982; (p. 43)

— Review of The Marvellous Boy Peter Corris , 1982 single work novel
Lay Him Back Any More and He'll Take a Count Stephen Knight , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 March, 1982; (p. 43)

— Review of The Marvellous Boy Peter Corris , 1982 single work novel
Cult Figure Battles On Stuart Sayers , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 12 January 1985; (p. 10)
Stalking the Mean Streets of Bondi Stephen Knight , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 January 1990; (p. 34)
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