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Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 Big Red : A Novel
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Leslie Haylen traces the career of a country lad who gets his impressions of life and politics in the depression and the hard times immediately prior to World War II.

Notes

  • The inside cover notes of this work state the novel is to be the first in a trilogy, with the second novel being "The Streets of the City" and the third "The Towers of Babylon". However these other two works were not completed.

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Works about this Work

Irish Words in Australian English Dymphna Lonergan , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , May vol. 10 no. 1 2003; (p. 6)
Untitled F. M. (fl. 1955-1970) , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 10 February 1966; (p. 18)

— Review of Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Untitled Carol Bolton , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 5 no. 5 1966; (p. 100)

— Review of Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Recent Novels John McLaren , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 34 1966; (p. 49-50)

— Review of The Slow Natives Thea Astley , 1965 single work novel ; Trap : A Novel Peter Mathers , 1966 single work novel ; The Solid Mandala Patrick White , 1966 single work novel ; Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Recent Novels John McLaren , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 34 1966; (p. 49-50)

— Review of The Slow Natives Thea Astley , 1965 single work novel ; Trap : A Novel Peter Mathers , 1966 single work novel ; The Solid Mandala Patrick White , 1966 single work novel ; Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Untitled Carol Bolton , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 5 no. 5 1966; (p. 100)

— Review of Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Untitled F. M. (fl. 1955-1970) , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 10 February 1966; (p. 18)

— Review of Big Red : A Novel Leslie Haylen , 1965 single work novel
Irish Words in Australian English Dymphna Lonergan , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , May vol. 10 no. 1 2003; (p. 6)
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