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Ralph De Boissiere Ralph De Boissiere i(A26716 works by)
Born: Established: 6 Oct 1907 Trinidad,
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Trinidad & Tobago,
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Caribbean, Americas, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Feb 2008 Balwyn North, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: Jan 1948
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1 y separately published work icon Life On The Edge : The Autobiography of Ralph De Boissière Ralph De Boissiere , Ken Ramchand (editor), Trinidad & Tobago : Lexicon , 2010 Z1917036 2010 single work autobiography
1 Bobbin Back Ralph De Boissiere , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000; (p. 121-122)
— Review of Bobbin Up : A Novel Dorothy Hewett , 1959 single work novel
1 Leaving the Realist Writers to Themselves Ralph De Boissiere , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 156 1999; (p. 30-34)
1 On Writing a Novel Ralph De Boissiere , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , vol. 17 no. 1 1982; (p. 1-12) An account of how the author came to write his first two novels.
1 4 y separately published work icon No Saddles for Kangaroos : A Novel Ralph De Boissiere , Sydney : Australasian Book Society , 1964 Z535159 1964 single work novel Here is a book packed with incident in which ordinary Australians achieve greatness. This deeply moving story is set in the early fifties in an American-owned motor car factory, though the action also reaches out to embrace many other important aspects of Australian life. In it we meet Molly Bromley, warm, vibrant, stimulating, who believes in people, not ideologies; Jack her husband, timid, yet with a strength of his own, who meets tragedy at work; Mick, her young son, a dreamer, always reaching out for the unattainable, full of conflicts, promising much but not given much time to find himself; Reg, tough, confident, with a blueprint for marriage until he kills a man road-testing a company car and life takes a hand in the plan; and the boss- an ordinary man driven by the boss above him, who in turn is driven by uncontrollable forces beyond the waters. This is a book about life and its realities, about people with different political convictions and those without politics. Through it runs the spirit of a people with a deep-seated sense of justice and fair play; a kind people; above all, a fighting people who, like our native kangaroo, will not be saddled. (Publisher's Blurb)
1 Factory Novel Ralph De Boissiere , 1959 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 16 1959-1960; (p. 36)
3 6 y separately published work icon Rum and Coca-Cola : A Novel Ralph De Boissiere , Melbourne : Australasian Book Society , 1952 Z148694 1952 single work novel
2 12 y separately published work icon Crown Jewel : A Novel Ralph De Boissiere , Melbourne : Australasian Book Society , 1952 Z531761 1952 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Calypso Isle Ralph De Boissiere , 1950-1959 (Manuscript version)x400248 Z850967 1950-1959 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Calypso Isle : A Musical Play Ralph De Boissiere , 1950 Melbourne : New Theatre Publications , Z810736 1950 single work musical theatre
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