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'William Cyril Moxley was hanged at Sydney’s Long Bay Gaol in 1932 – the first execution in New South Wales for eight years. His crime was the brutal rape and murder of 21-year-old Dorothy Ruth Denzel and the vicious beating and killing of her boyfriend, Frank Barnby Wilkinson. How did this World War I army deserter, small-time thief, conman and police informer come to be the infamous murderer ‘Mad Dog’ Moxley? Was it simply a robbery gone wrong? Did his blackouts and migraines stem from a head injury as he claimed, or was he the monstrous sociopath described by the prosecution lawyers and the tabloids? Why did he leave such an obvious trail? Would he be found guilty today?' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Evan Whitton.
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Author's note: Parts of this book are reconstructions based on official records, newspaper accounts and other contemporary sources.
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The Godfather : Peter Corris on Publishing Non-Fiction
2012
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— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2012; -
Villainy at All Angles
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 11 February 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Comeback 2012 single work novel ; The Colonial Queen 2011 single work novel ; Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Grisly Murder Bites Hard
2011
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 November 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Murder Revisited
Paula Grunseit
(interviewer),
2011
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 29) -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography
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In Short : Nonfiction
2011
single work
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 October 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Grisly Murder Bites Hard
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 November 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Villainy at All Angles
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 11 February 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Comeback 2012 single work novel ; The Colonial Queen 2011 single work novel ; Mad Dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011 single work biography -
Murder Revisited
Paula Grunseit
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 91 no. 3 2011; (p. 29) -
The Godfather : Peter Corris on Publishing Non-Fiction
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2012;
Last amended 5 Sep 2017 11:13:27
Subjects:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Moorebank, Liverpool area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1930s
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