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Shares in Murder (1957) 'was an anti-"crime novel" in which the denouement is the exposure of the detective rather than of the criminal. Although sometimes clumsy, the story's generic reversal is an effective one. The ironic conclusion together with the novel's social realism can be understood in relation to a critique of imported, mainly American "mass culture", including crime thrillers, which was then widely-shared by communists and liberals, in Overland and Meanjin for example.' (David Carter, 'Introduction', Judah Waten : Fiction, Memoir, Criticism (1998): xxvii).
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Social Comment v. Characterisation
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1958; (p. 41)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
Shares in Murder
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 11 1958; (p. 34)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
What Price Justice?
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 19 no. 2 1958; (p. 114-115)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
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 -
Untitled
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 October 1957; (p. 12)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 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 -
Crime Story
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 November vol. 78 no. 4057 1957; (p. 2,58)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
Untitled
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 October 1957; (p. 12)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
What Price Justice?
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 19 no. 2 1958; (p. 114-115)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel -
Shares in Murder
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 11 1958; (p. 34)
— Review of Shares in Murder 1957 single work novel
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