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'In 1948 a man was found dead on an Adelaide beach. Well-dressed and unmarked, he had a half-smoked cigarette by his side, but no identity documents. Six decades on we don't know who he was, how he got there or how he died.
'Somerton Man remains one of Australia's most mysterious cold cases. Yet it is the bizarre details of this case that make it the stuff of a spy novel. The missing labels from all his clothing. The tiny piece of paper with the words "Tamam Shud" found sewn into the lining of the dead man's coat. A mysterious code found etched inside the very book of Persian poetry from which this note was torn.
'Brimming with facts that are stranger than fiction, the case has intrigued novelist Kerry Greenwood for almost her whole life. She goes on a journey into her own past to try to solve this crime, uncovering a new way of writing about true crime - and herself - as she goes.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Somerton mystery a literary journey
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 March 2013; (p. 15) -
Tales of the City
2013-
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2013;
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography -
Non-Fiction : Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography -
Bookmark
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 November 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography ; The Tower Mill 2012 single work novel
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Bookmark
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 November 2012; (p. 38)
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography ; The Tower Mill 2012 single work novel -
Non-Fiction : Pick of the Week
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography -
Tales of the City
2013-
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2013;
— Review of Tamam Shud : The Somerton Man Mystery 2012 single work biography -
Somerton mystery a literary journey
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 March 2013; (p. 15)
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Last amended 22 May 2019 11:22:40
Subjects:
- Holdfast Bay area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,
- 1948
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