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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 The Colour Man
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Nick Andrews uncovers a large secret when he moves into the house on the cliff - a mystery which draws him into Black Bay's crumbling community of eccentrics and the insane.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Margaret O'Sullivan.

  • Epigraph: How beautiful they are, the lordly ones,
    Who dwell in the hills, in the hollow hills...
    'Faery Song' from The Immortal Hour.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1983 .
      Extent: 239p.
      ISBN: 0002227916, 0002222221
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Fontana , 1984 .
      Extent: 239p.
      ISBN: 0006160336
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Stein and Day ,       1985 .
      Alternative title: Presence of Evil
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Works about this Work

Who Would Bring Kids into This World? : Ian Moffitt's 'The Colour Man' Peter Pierce , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety 1999; (p. 135-138)
Tales of Suspense John McLaren , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 58 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel ; The World Is Made of Glass Morris West , 1983 single work novel
Flawed, Fascinating, and Seldom Dull Marion Halligan , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 October 1983; (p. 19)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Thrills Aren't Simple Any More Stephen Knight , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 September 1983; (p. 39)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Gothic Horror with a Background of Freudian Ruins Barbara Jefferis , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24-25 September 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Clive James Pursues Love Stylishly Olaf Ruhen , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 October 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of Brilliant Creatures : A First Novel Clive James , 1983 single work novel ; The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Gothic Horror with a Background of Freudian Ruins Barbara Jefferis , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24-25 September 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Thrills Aren't Simple Any More Stephen Knight , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 September 1983; (p. 39)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Flawed, Fascinating, and Seldom Dull Marion Halligan , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 October 1983; (p. 19)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel
Tales of Suspense John McLaren , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February-March no. 58 1984; (p. 26)
— Review of The Colour Man Ian Moffitt , 1983 single work novel ; The World Is Made of Glass Morris West , 1983 single work novel
Who Would Bring Kids into This World? : Ian Moffitt's 'The Colour Man' Peter Pierce , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Country of Lost Children : An Australian Anxiety 1999; (p. 135-138)
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Last amended 11 Aug 2006 16:33:32
Subjects:
  • Urban,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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