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Is part of
Clocks of Death Trilogy
1990
series - author
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1991...
1991
The Heavy Knife
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Notes
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Dedication: for Ralph Belbin, Bob Gyselman and Bob Schiwy
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Epigraph: I asked my father / I said, Father, change my name / The one I'm using now / Is covered up with fear and filth / And cowardice and shame. He said, I locked you in this body / I made it as a kind of trial / You can use it for a weapon / Or to make some woman smile. Leonard Cohen
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Book two of the Clocks of Death Trilogy.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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McQueen Proves He's More Than a Mystery Man
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 1 June 1991; (p. 21)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
Surviving the Heat and Guilt
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 1991; (p. 7)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel ; Lower Latitudes 1990 selected work short story -
Sequel Doesn't Follow
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 42)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
Forecasts
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 70 no. 1012 1991; (p. 15)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
You Cannot Go Wrong with Any in this Bunch
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief 1991 single work novel ; Larry Death 1991 single work novel
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You Cannot Go Wrong with Any in this Bunch
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 May 1991; (p. 23)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel ; Sibling Mischief 1991 single work novel ; Larry Death 1991 single work novel -
Forecasts
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , February vol. 70 no. 1012 1991; (p. 15)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
Sequel Doesn't Follow
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 42)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
Surviving the Heat and Guilt
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 1991; (p. 7)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel ; Lower Latitudes 1990 selected work short story -
McQueen Proves He's More Than a Mystery Man
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 1 June 1991; (p. 21)
— Review of The Heavy Knife 1991 single work novel -
The Anti-Hero Amid the Orchids
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 April 1991; (p. rev 3)
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