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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Colonel Surry's Insanity
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'This book explores the life of Colonial John Surry. A fictional character based on fact.

'A manic-depressive pleads not guilty on the grounds of his insanity to the biggest crime of theft ever committed in the state of Queensland, Australia. No one has ever pleaded not guilty on the grounds of insanity for a theft matter before. The novel recounts the course of his mental illness during his army service in the Second World War, in the Middle East, in the Pacific and after the war leading up to this event. The book takes place in the sixties against the backdrop of the insanity of the Vietnam War which he totally opposes.

'Neil has based this novel on extensive interviews with people with bi-polar and other mental illnesses, leading to a fictional work that charts the coarse of a person with manic depression.'

Source: Neil Cole's website, http://www.neilcoleplaywright.com/
Sighted: 27/10/2010

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Beagles Den , 2010 .
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      Extent: 222p.
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      • Publication date 01 September 2010
      ISBN: 9780980846003

Works about this Work

Odd Bedfellows - the MP and the Anxious Gangster John Mangan , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 October 2010; (p. 8)
Colonel Surry's Insanity Silvia Dropulich , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Voice , 11 October - 7 November vol. 6 no. 10 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of Colonel Surry's Insanity Neil Cole , 2010 single work novel
Mental Illness a Great Leveller and Novel Subject John Mangan , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 October 2010; (p. 8)
Colonel Surry's Insanity Silvia Dropulich , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Voice , 11 October - 7 November vol. 6 no. 10 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of Colonel Surry's Insanity Neil Cole , 2010 single work novel
Mental Illness a Great Leveller and Novel Subject John Mangan , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 October 2010; (p. 8)
Odd Bedfellows - the MP and the Anxious Gangster John Mangan , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 October 2010; (p. 8)
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