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Is part of Clocks of Death Trilogy James McQueen , 1990 series - author novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Heavy Knife
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Notes

  • Dedication: for Ralph Belbin, Bob Gyselman and Bob Schiwy
  • Epigraph: I asked my father / I said, Father, change my name / The one I'm using now / Is covered up with fear and filth / And cowardice and shame. He said, I locked you in this body / I made it as a kind of trial / You can use it for a weapon / Or to make some woman smile. Leonard Cohen

  • Book two of the Clocks of Death Trilogy.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1991 .
      Extent: 279p.
      ISBN: 1863300929

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

McQueen Proves He's More Than a Mystery Man Giles Hugo , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 1 June 1991; (p. 21)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
Surviving the Heat and Guilt Andrew Kennon , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 1991; (p. 7)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel ; Lower Latitudes James McQueen , 1990 selected work short story
Sequel Doesn't Follow Philip Bryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 42)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
Forecasts Jane Messer , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 70 no. 1012 1991; (p. 15)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
You Cannot Go Wrong with Any in this Bunch Stan Barney , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief Michael Stephens , 1991 single work novel ; Larry Death Denis Freney , 1991 single work novel
You Cannot Go Wrong with Any in this Bunch Stan Barney , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief Michael Stephens , 1991 single work novel ; Larry Death Denis Freney , 1991 single work novel
Forecasts Jane Messer , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 70 no. 1012 1991; (p. 15)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
Sequel Doesn't Follow Philip Bryan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 42)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
Surviving the Heat and Guilt Andrew Kennon , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 1991; (p. 7)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel ; Lower Latitudes James McQueen , 1990 selected work short story
McQueen Proves He's More Than a Mystery Man Giles Hugo , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 1 June 1991; (p. 21)

— Review of The Heavy Knife James McQueen , 1991 single work novel
The Anti-Hero Amid the Orchids Mark Chipperfield , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 April 1991; (p. rev 3)
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