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'Late at night Lloyd Fitzherbert, police reporter with the Sydney Gazette, is picked up by his man in CIB for a ‘last-minute job that won’t take a minute’ at the morgue. A body has been found in the harbour. Irma, a beautiful young woman who fled persecution in Nazi Europe, is dead.
'She was Fitzherbert’s lover. And, though the police don’t know it yet, he killed her.
'Gripping and atmospheric, The Refuge is a murderer’s confession—a tale of wartime Sydney, with its paranoia about communism and spies. Kenneth Mackenzie’s last novel is utterly different to his lauded debut, The Young Desire It, yet it shares that book’s psychological acuity and mastery of language.' (Text Classic summary)
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Dedication: To G. A. Ferguson, Esquire in friendship.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Text Publishing
, 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work criticism
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Slow-paced Thriller with Sombre Power
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 March 2015; (p. 17)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
Different Game
2015
extract
criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 January 2015; (p. 16-17) -
Introduction to the Selected Prose and Poetry
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Model : Selected Writings of Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie 2000; (p. 13-41) -
Remaking Femininity and Desire: A Post-War Reconstruction Project
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 133-138) -
Seaforth Mackenzie's Fiction : Another View
1966
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 25-39)
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Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 February 1954; (p. 85)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
Untitled
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Port Phillip Gazette , Autumn vol. 2 no. 1 1954; (p. 58-59)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
An Adult Shell
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice , June 1954; (p. 25)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
A Novel of Sydney
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 March vol. 75 no. 3867 1954; (p. 2,35)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
A Sydney Tragedy
1954
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 March 1954; (p. 70)
— Review of The Refuge : A Confession 1954 single work novel -
Seaforth Mackenzie's Fiction : Another View
1966
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 1 1966; (p. 25-39) -
Seaforth Mackenzie's Novels
1965
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , September vol. 24 no. 3 1965; (p. 298-307) -
Seaforth Mackenzie : Novelist of Alienation
1965
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 25 no. 2 1965; (p. 75-90) -
The Novels of Seaforth Mackenzie
1954
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 13 no. 4 1954; (p. 503-511) -
Remaking Femininity and Desire: A Post-War Reconstruction Project
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings : Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Sixteenth Annual Conference, 3-8 July 1994 1995; (p. 133-138)
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Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1940s
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