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Is part of Lunch Derek Hansen , 1993 series - author novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Lunch with Mussolini
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'Spring 1945: the quiet of a northern Italian village is shattered by an explosion of gunfire as eight innocent women are gunned down. Why have they been executed now, with the war almost over and the Germans standing to gain nothing from further reprisals? Fifty years later the daughter of one of the victims finds the German officer who ordered the executions living under an assumed name, and sets out to avenge her mother's death.

''It is no coincidence that two great novels linked with the Second World War have come out of Australia. Keneally's Schindler's Ark and now Derek Hansen's Lunch with Mussolini' - Glasgow Herald.

''as brilliant technically as it is profound thematically' - Canberra times.'

Source: publisher's blurb

Notes

  • Book two of the Lunch Series

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1995 .
      Extent: 432p.
      ISBN: 1863304355
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mandarin ,       1995 .
      Extent: 432p.
      ISBN: 074931995X
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2003 .
      image of person or book cover 6436102045003353373.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 574p.
      Reprinted: 19 May 2014
      Note/s:
      • Published 1st August 2003
      ISBN: 0732275431 (pbk), 9781460704219 (ebk)
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Works about this Work

Lunch with Derek Hansen Maria Visconti , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 March 1995; (p. 22)
There is Life After Advertising Writing Yvonne Preston , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 May 1995; (p. C4)
Lunch with Derek Joel Becker , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 74 no. 1050 1994; (p. 14-15)
Second Helpings from the Same Plate Patricia Rolfe , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 September vol. 116 no. 5939 1994; (p. 105)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
Intrigue, Deception Twixt Entree and Main Course Stephen Prickett , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 September 1994; (p. C11)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
Forecasts Barry Reynolds , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , July vol. 74 no. 1049 1994; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
Tasty Second Course Bruce McMahon , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 August 1994; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
What's New in Books Pamela Ruskin , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 2 September vol. 60 no. 50 1994; (p. 51)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel ; Drift Brian Castro , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Alan Flores , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: New Librarian , August vol. 1 no. 6 1994; (p. 40)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
Intrigue, Deception Twixt Entree and Main Course Stephen Prickett , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 September 1994; (p. C11)
— Review of Lunch with Mussolini Derek Hansen , 1994 single work novel
Lunch with Derek Hansen Maria Visconti , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 March 1995; (p. 22)
Lunch with Derek Joel Becker , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August vol. 74 no. 1050 1994; (p. 14-15)
There is Life After Advertising Writing Yvonne Preston , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 May 1995; (p. C4)
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Last amended 8 Sep 2020 09:47:58
Subjects:
Settings:
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    Germany,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Italy,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1990s
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