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y separately published work icon Play with Knives single work   novel   crime   thriller  
Is part of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 series - author novel poetry (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Play with Knives
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'Story about a young woman shortly to be released from prison who murdered a brother and two sisters.' (Publication summary)

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Alternative title: Ein Messer im Haus : Roman
Language: German
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George and Clare Do New York Jennifer Maiden , 2002 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 167 2002; (p. 39-42) Autobigraphical essay discussing her reaction to the September 11th destruction of the New York World Trade Centre. Maiden also reviews the experience through the perspectives of George and Clare, characters from her second novel Play With Knives and her later unpublished novel 'Complicity'.
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I've Had My Children: Jennifer Maiden's 'Play with Knives' Peter Pierce , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety 1999; (p. 138-143)
The Suburban Problem of Evil Jennifer Maiden , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 18 no. 4 1998; (p. 115-125)
y separately published work icon Out West : Perceptions of Sydney's Western Suburbs Diane Powell , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1994 Z486224 1994 single work criticism
A Case of Complicity Tina Muncaster , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 151 1993; (p. 19-21)
Reading Between the Covers Nadine Myatt , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , September vol. 2 no. 3 1990; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel ; Cocaine Blues Kerry Greenwood , 1989 single work novel
Sour Visions of Life Revisited Veronica Sen , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 June 1990; (p. 18)
— Review of High Valley Charmian Clift , George Johnston , 1949 single work novel ; The Boys in the Island Christopher Koch , 1958 single work novel ; Across the Sea Wall Christopher Koch , 1965 single work novel ; Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel
Psychological Thriller Has Disturbing Edge Shirley Despoja , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 April 1990; (p. 15)
— Review of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel
Doing Time and Killing Time in Sydney's West Alan Wearne , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 6 May 1990; (p. 34)
— Review of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel
Literature Imitates the Art of Television A. P. Riemer , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 May 1990; (p. 78)
— Review of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel ; The Animal Shop Oriel Gray , 1990 single work novel
Powerful Witnesses to the Attractions of Evil, most Foul Darryl Emmerson , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 19-20 May 1990; (p. 5)
— Review of Play with Knives Jennifer Maiden , 1990 single work novel ; Pagan Inez Baranay , 1990 single work novel
I've Had My Children: Jennifer Maiden's 'Play with Knives' Peter Pierce , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety 1999; (p. 138-143)
A Case of Complicity Tina Muncaster , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 151 1993; (p. 19-21)
y separately published work icon Out West : Perceptions of Sydney's Western Suburbs Diane Powell , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1994 Z486224 1994 single work criticism
The Suburban Problem of Evil Jennifer Maiden , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 18 no. 4 1998; (p. 115-125)
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