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The story of Robert Lawton's liaison with the widow of his friend, of the bitter hatred felt for Lawton by the widow's son, of the emotional involvement of Lawton's wife and children, is a brilliant psychological drama that is also a first-rate thriller. Each character is sharply defined, whether as sufferer or as wilful inflictor of suffering, and murder emerges as a means to demonstrate one man's power and superiority over others. (Publisher's blurb).
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Dedication: To my mother and father
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Epigraph: Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch Of the rang'd empire fall! Here is my space. (William Shakespeare Anthony and Cleopatra Act 1, i (35-36)).
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John Loder's Australian Crime Fiction: A Bibliography 1857-1993 (1994): 220 describes the work as a 'Psychological thriller set in Sydney'.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 30 January 1959; (p. 62)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 25 no. 5 1959; (p. 38)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel ; A Book for Kids 1921 selected work poetry -
Sydney Case-Book
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 20 no. 2 1959; (p. 109-110)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
A Sydney Thriller
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 October vol. 79 no. 4105 1958; (p. 58-59)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
Fiction Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 432-436)
— Review of Girl With a Monkey 1958 single work novel ; The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel
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Hit or Myth?
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 8 November 1958; (p. 23-24)
— Review of A Handful of Pennies 1958 single work novel ; The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
Fiction Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 17 no. 4 1958; (p. 432-436)
— Review of Girl With a Monkey 1958 single work novel ; The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
A Sydney Thriller
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 October vol. 79 no. 4105 1958; (p. 58-59)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
Sydney Case-Book
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 20 no. 2 1959; (p. 109-110)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel -
Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 25 no. 5 1959; (p. 38)
— Review of The Wide Arch 1958 single work novel ; A Book for Kids 1921 selected work poetry
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