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'The principal focus of this paper is on four novels by Australians published from the 1990s which engage significantly with 'the spying game': Ric Throssells' In a Wilderness of Mirrors (1992), Frank Moorhouse's Grand Days (1993), Christopher Koch's Highways to a War (1996) and Janette Turner Hosptial's Due Preparations for the Plague (2003). Each of these novels throws light ... on the profession of espionage and its impact on individuals. A picture emerges of mobile, trans-national individiuals engaged in clandestine activity which tests their intelligence, commitment and conscience and brings into question the causes they support.' (p.10)
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A shorter version of this paper was presented at the 2007 ASAL conference at the University of Western Australia.
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A Wilderness of Mirrors: Perspectives on 'the Spying Game' in Australian Literature
Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien
Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien
Subjects:
- In a Wilderness of Mirrors 1992 single work novel
- Grand Days 1993 single work novel
- Due Preparations for the Plague 2003 single work novel
- Highways to a War 1995 single work novel
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