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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The Devil's Jump
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'CROOKED COPS – CORRUPT POLITICIANS – SECRET ARMIES – DOUBLE-DEALING RORTS – GEORGEOUS GIRLS – AND BILLY GLASHEEN August 15, 1945. The Japanese have just surrendered, the war's finally over and Australia has come out to party – big time. Eighteen-year-old Billy Glasheen, apprentice lurk merchant, would very much like to join the revelers, but he's found himself otherwise engaged. His boss, Mick Toohey, a well known black marketeer, has disappeared and left Billy carrying the can for what could be the biggest rort in Australia's history. It seems like everyone in Sydney knows the score except Billy but he's learning – real fast. Caught in a web of government agents, twisted cops and seriously heavy thugs, Billy finds himself out of his depth with nowhere to turn. He has no choice but to play the game. But can he play it well enough to escape with his life, the girl and a decent supply of ready cash? Or will he have to take The Devil's Jump – whatever that might be…' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 2001 .
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      Extent: 273p.
      ISBN: 0091841968
    • Portland, Oregon,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Dark Passage ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 22 September 2008
      ISBN: 9781891241208

Works about this Work

The Devil's Jump : Peter Doyle : Arrow David Honeybone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 2 2001; (p. 54)

— Review of The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel
Doyle's Jump Andres Kabel (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 22-23)
Paperbacks Lucy Sussex , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 2001; (p. 8)

— Review of The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel ; Great Australian Women : From Federation to Freedom Susanna De Vries , 2001 selected work biography
Low-Life Runs Amok in Unruly Postwar Sydney Graeme Blundell , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 February 2001; (p. 12)

— Review of Mavis Levack P. I. Marele Day , 2000 selected work short story ; The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel ; The Last Albatross Ian Irvine , 2000 single work novel ; Grace Geoffrey Knight , 2000 single work novel
Low-Life Runs Amok in Unruly Postwar Sydney Graeme Blundell , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 February 2001; (p. 12)

— Review of Mavis Levack P. I. Marele Day , 2000 selected work short story ; The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel ; The Last Albatross Ian Irvine , 2000 single work novel ; Grace Geoffrey Knight , 2000 single work novel
Paperbacks Lucy Sussex , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 2001; (p. 8)

— Review of The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel ; Great Australian Women : From Federation to Freedom Susanna De Vries , 2001 selected work biography
The Devil's Jump : Peter Doyle : Arrow David Honeybone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 2 2001; (p. 54)

— Review of The Devil's Jump Peter Doyle , 2001 single work novel
Doyle's Jump Andres Kabel (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 3 2001; (p. 22-23)
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