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y separately published work icon The Velodrome single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Velodrome
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''You've got to get above things to see them clearly. You've got to see how things fit together, and the further away you can get, the clearer things will be.'

'Leon's father viewed the world from his air traffic control tower, but it is from under the velodrome that young Leon sees his father and the bikes tumbling down to the bottom, the riders helplessly tangled and twisted with their machines.

'Even on their long journey North, the velodrome is never far from Leon's consciousness. The sturdy Sam Ballard is a constant reminder as he pedals his racing bike furiously behind the car on its long journey, as is Eric, crippled in the fatal crash at the story's start. Eric collects facts, and the debate between facts and history, history versus possibilities, recollection versus reality, is at the heart of both the journey and this intriguing novel.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1988 .
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      Extent: 137p.p.
      Description: port.
      ISBN: 9780043240205, 0043240208

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  • Large print.
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Works about this Work

Novel Offers Higher Perspective Ralph Elliott , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 March 1990; (p. 18)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Shipwreck Party Liam Davison , 1989 selected work short story
Two Different Uses of Symbolism Laurie Clancy , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 109 1989; (p. 33-34)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Beloved Mountain Peter Skrzynecki , 1988 single work novel
Riding the Fine Line Fiona Capp , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 January 1989; (p. 13)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel
Plotting (2) : a Quarterly Account of Recent Fiction D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 114 1989; (p. 52-57)

— Review of Down the Breakie W. R. Olson , 1989 single work novel ; Dear You Kate Llewellyn , 1988 single work novel ; Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey , 1988 single work novel ; The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Best Picture Barry Hill , 1988 single work novel
Plotting (2) : a Quarterly Account of Recent Fiction D. J. O'Hearn , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 114 1989; (p. 52-57)

— Review of Down the Breakie W. R. Olson , 1989 single work novel ; Dear You Kate Llewellyn , 1988 single work novel ; Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey , 1988 single work novel ; The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Best Picture Barry Hill , 1988 single work novel
Riding the Fine Line Fiona Capp , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 January 1989; (p. 13)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel
Two Different Uses of Symbolism Laurie Clancy , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 109 1989; (p. 33-34)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Beloved Mountain Peter Skrzynecki , 1988 single work novel
Novel Offers Higher Perspective Ralph Elliott , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 March 1990; (p. 18)

— Review of The Velodrome Liam Davison , 1988 single work novel ; The Shipwreck Party Liam Davison , 1989 selected work short story
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