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Epigraph : If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders' fields - John McCrae.
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Works about this Work
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Narrating the Nowhere People : F. B. Vickers's The Mirage and "Half-Caste" Aboriginals
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 27 no. 1 2013; (p. 49-57)'Pascal talks about F. B. Vickers's The Mirage and "Half-Caste" Aboriginals. F. B. Vickers's The Mirage is a novel that has not been well remembered. Reviewers of the mid 1950s who noticed it were admiring, especially those who had themselves written works focusing upon Aboriginal Australians. Roland Robinson wrote that it was "important both as a work of art and as a plea for understanding and reform" (24); Gavin Casey's Sunday Telegraph review declared "its appearance would be a major literary event in any month in any country" (26 June 1955). In private letters to Vickers, prominent writers were equally effusive.' (Editor's abstract)
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Westralian Novel
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 September vol. 79 no. 4102 1958; (p. 58=59)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
'No Apples, Mates'
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Observer , 4 October no. 17 1958; (p. 538-539)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
Untitled
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 September 1958; (p. 13)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel ; Wild Turkey : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
Marxist Variety
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 19 no. 4 1958; (p. 232-233)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel
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Fiction Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 432-436)
— Review of A Handful of Pennies 1958 single work novel ; Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel ; Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel ; Outbreak of Love 1957 single work novel ; Snowball 1958 single work novel -
Though Poppies Grow
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 13 1958; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
Marxist Variety
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 19 no. 4 1958; (p. 232-233)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
Untitled
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 September 1958; (p. 13)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel ; Wild Turkey : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
'No Apples, Mates'
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Observer , 4 October no. 17 1958; (p. 538-539)
— Review of Though Poppies Grow : A Novel 1958 single work novel -
Narrating the Nowhere People : F. B. Vickers's The Mirage and "Half-Caste" Aboriginals
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 27 no. 1 2013; (p. 49-57)'Pascal talks about F. B. Vickers's The Mirage and "Half-Caste" Aboriginals. F. B. Vickers's The Mirage is a novel that has not been well remembered. Reviewers of the mid 1950s who noticed it were admiring, especially those who had themselves written works focusing upon Aboriginal Australians. Roland Robinson wrote that it was "important both as a work of art and as a plea for understanding and reform" (24); Gavin Casey's Sunday Telegraph review declared "its appearance would be a major literary event in any month in any country" (26 June 1955). In private letters to Vickers, prominent writers were equally effusive.' (Editor's abstract)
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