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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Petrov Poems
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'This gripping new verse novel charts the course of the espionage scandal which rocked sleepy Canberra and the nation in the mid 1950s.

'In April 1954 Australia woke up to discover that Volodya Petrov,an attaché in the Russian embassy in Canberra, was also a colonel in the KGB and was planning to defect. The Petrov Poems charts the unfolding web of intrigue between Petrov, the embassy staff, and his contacts in the West. And the crucial role of his wife Dusya, thrust into a terrible crisis of conscience as the result of her husband’s actions and her past personal history.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • A novel in verse form.
  • Dedication: For Jo and Loma

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pitt Street Poetry , 2013 .
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      Extent: 95p.
      Note/s:
      • Launched: 27 June 2013
      ISBN: 9781922080141 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Writing the Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The National Library of Australia Magazine , December vol. 6 no. 4 2014; (p. 20-23)
The Petrov Poems by Lesley Lebkowicz Linda Weste , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
Oscillations, Tensions and Drama : Joanne Burns Launches ‘The Petrov Poems’ by Lesley Lebkowicz Joanne Burns , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September - November no. 9 2013;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
What Does a Spy Look Like? Kevin Brophy Launches The Petrov Poems by Lesley Lebkowicz in Melbourne Kevin Brophy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September - November no. 9 2013;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
Russian Spies and Vivid Musings Peter Pierce , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 25)

— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry ; The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
Russian Spies and Vivid Musings Peter Pierce , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 25)

— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry ; The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
What Does a Spy Look Like? Kevin Brophy Launches The Petrov Poems by Lesley Lebkowicz in Melbourne Kevin Brophy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September - November no. 9 2013;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
Oscillations, Tensions and Drama : Joanne Burns Launches ‘The Petrov Poems’ by Lesley Lebkowicz Joanne Burns , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September - November no. 9 2013;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
The Petrov Poems by Lesley Lebkowicz Linda Weste , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;

— Review of The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel
Writing the Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The National Library of Australia Magazine , December vol. 6 no. 4 2014; (p. 20-23)
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