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Sandy McCutcheon Sandy McCutcheon i(A34099 works by) (birth name: Brian David Parry) (a.k.a. Robert Hamish McCutcheon)
Born: Established: 1947 Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1970
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1 Non-Fiction Reviews Sandy McCutcheon , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 January 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of Nine Lives : Postwar Women Writers Making Their Mark Susan Sheridan , 2011 selected work biography
1 Non-Fiction Reviews Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 - 5 December 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Over but Not Out : My Life so Far Richie Benaud , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Untitled Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 -5 September 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Tell 'em Nothing, Take 'em Nowhere Max Cullen , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Untitled Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 -5 September 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of The English Class Yu Ouyang , 2010 single work novel
1 Non-Fiction Reviews Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 - 8 August 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of True Spirit : The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World Jessica Watson , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Non-Fiction Books Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 July 2010; (p. 24)

— Review of Murderer No More : Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight That Proved His Innocence Colleen Egan , 2010 single work biography
1 Non-Fiction Books Sandy McCutcheon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 February 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of Sympathy for the Devil : Confessions of a Crooked Cop Trevor Haken , Sean Padraic , 2005 single work autobiography
1 Books Sandy McCutcheon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 October 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Wonders of a Godless World Andrew McGahan , 2009 single work novel
1 Self-Portrait of a Critical Master Sandy McCutcheon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Summertime : Scenes from Provincial Life J. M. Coetzee , 2009 single work novel
1 Review Sandy McCutcheon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
1 Review Sandy McCutcheon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The World Beneath Cate Kennedy , 2009 single work novel
1 8 y separately published work icon The Cobbler's Apprentice Sandy McCutcheon , Carlton North : Scribe , 2006 Z1294475 2006 single work novel thriller When Samir Al-Hassani does the impossible, and escapes from Guantanamo Bay, a chain of events is set off that is to lead to tears and bloodshed around the world. Sami, a young Palestinian who had been caught in Iraq, thinks he has been helped by fellow jihadis, but the CIA and Mossad are pulling his strings. Or are they? Sami is being set up, in more ways than one. He has embarked on a journey into the bewildering heartland of terrorism and counter-terrorism, where betrayal and deceit go hand-in-hand with honour and duty. While Washington engages in murky power politics, Sami's body and soul are sorely tested in the back streets of Morocco. When he emerges with a master and a mission, the stage is set for a hair-raising development: Sami is about to become a biological weapon of mass destruction, targeted at the very people who released him. (Backcover)
1 8 y separately published work icon Black Widow Sandy McCutcheon , Carlton North : Scribe , 2006 Z1251630 2006 single work novel thriller

'In an act of revenge, six female teachers who survived the Beslan siege plan to kidnap four adult children of the Chechnyan terrorists.'

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1 Gift of the Gods Sandy McCutcheon , 2005-2006 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 10 2005-2006; Encounters : Modern Australian Short Stories 2006; (p. 31-41)
1 On My Bedside Table: Sandy McCutcheon Sandy McCutcheon , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 July 2005; (p. 6)
1 8 y separately published work icon The Magician's Son Sandy McCutcheon , Camberwell : Viking , 2005 Z1201910 2005 single work autobiography

'An unflinchingly honest, thought-provoking account of growing up without a historySandy McCutcheon, one of Australia's most popular national broadcasters, was adopted into a respectable, well-off family, but it was one in which he never felt at home. His yearning for acceptance was matched by an instinct to rebel, and by frustration with his parents' refusal to acknowledge his adoption. He did not learn the truth about his birth for fifty years, and when he did the circumstances were so convoluted as to defy belief. Eventually he discovered a family with uncanny parallels between its generations, where history has been repeated not once but several times.Sandy's extraordinary story sheds light on things that affect us whether we're adopted or not: on how memory helps shape our sense of self, on the importance of not harbouring resentment, on the way the heart knows things that the mind does not. And the way life never stops delivering surprises . . .'  (Publication summary)

1 On My Bedside Table : Sandy McCutcheon Sandy McCutcheon , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 27 March 2004; (p. 6)
1 10 y separately published work icon The Haha Man Sandy McCutcheon , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2003 Z1080005 2003 single work novel thriller

'In a marketplace in Afghanistan, a son watches his father die at the hands of the Taliban. Karim Mazari knows he must flee his homeland if he is to have any chance of survival, but at a time of international uncertainty and terror, compassion can be hard to find. But a passport and a ticket to Australia can be bought...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 2 y separately published work icon Blik Sandy McCutcheon , Bulimba : Word Weavers Press , 2002 Z961986 2002 single work children's fiction children's
1 3 y separately published work icon Delicate Indecencies Sandy McCutcheon , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2001 Z923158 2001 single work novel thriller mystery

'In a wintry graveyard, a young man looks death in the eye and does not live to tell the secrets he holds. In Russia, the opening of a dusty archive reveals clues about a deadly game which has not yet reached its conclusion. In an isolated farmhouse, an old man is kept prisoner while his captors try to extract vital information from his rambling mind. Into this sticky web of deceit and intrigue stumbles Martin teschmaker, a newly redundant insurance investigator who has just been deserted by his wife. Seeking relief from his mid-life crisis, teschmaker contacts an old girlfriend, Jane Morris. With that one phone call he is plunged into an underworld where nothing and no one can be taken at face value. As he attempts to remove the masks, teschmaker realises the truth is more complex and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. And somehow he has to bring this deadly game to its conclusion, and survive.'

Source : publisher's blurb

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