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'''''Gallows on the Sand''''' is a 1956 novel by [[Morris West]]. It was the first novel he published under his own name. It was written in seven days.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116424398 |title=WRITERS' WORLD |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 August 1983 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
'''''Gallows on the Sand''''' is a 1956 novel by [[Morris West]]. It was the first novel he published under his own name.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71805281 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 May 1956 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=35 |via=Trove }} </ref> It was written in seven days.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116424398 |title=WRITERS' WORLD |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 August 1983 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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It was serialised for radio.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71793820 |title=NOVELS.. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 March 1956 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=14 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
It was serialised for radio.<ref name="sun">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71793820 |title=NOVELS.. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 March 1956 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=14 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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The book was re-released in 1963 as part of Angus and Robertson's Pacific Book series.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109901078 |title=NEW TITLES IN PACIFIC BOOK SERIES |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=3 August 1963 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=23 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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==Premise== |
==Premise== |
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Historican Renn Lundigan hunts for treasure off the Great Barrier Reef. The treasure is minted Spanish gold in a sunken galleon. Renn has to deal with islander Johnny Akimoto, gambling house owner Manny Mannix and beautiful young scientist Pat Mitchell. |
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A man hunts for treasure off the Great Barrier Reef. |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Argus'' said "in spite of a tendency to the rather slick "Randy Stone" radio style, it is a bright, exciting yarn, guaranteed to take your mind off workaday cares. "<ref name="sun"/> |
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The ''Pacific Island Monthly'' called it "a buried treasure trifle."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Pacific Island Monthly|title=Two Novels of Note identifier|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-333317771|page=97|date=August 1963}}</ref> The same magazine later said it was "one of the first novels written by this world wide, best-seller author and long before he found his metier in the by-ways of Roman Catholicism," adding the book "only goes to prove how far a novelist with what it takes can travel in seven years. "<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Pacific Island Monthly|title= Best Of The Paperbacks |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-333780655 |page=94|date=December 1963}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www-austlit |
*[https://www-austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C252916 Gallows on the Sand] at AustLit |
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Gallows on the Sand is a 1956 novel by Morris West. It was the first novel he published under his own name.[1] It was written in seven days.[2]
It was serialised for radio.[3]
The book was re-released in 1963 as part of Angus and Robertson's Pacific Book series.[4]
Premise
Historican Renn Lundigan hunts for treasure off the Great Barrier Reef. The treasure is minted Spanish gold in a sunken galleon. Renn has to deal with islander Johnny Akimoto, gambling house owner Manny Mannix and beautiful young scientist Pat Mitchell.
Reception
The Argus said "in spite of a tendency to the rather slick "Randy Stone" radio style, it is a bright, exciting yarn, guaranteed to take your mind off workaday cares. "[3]
The Pacific Island Monthly called it "a buried treasure trifle."[5] The same magazine later said it was "one of the first novels written by this world wide, best-seller author and long before he found his metier in the by-ways of Roman Catholicism," adding the book "only goes to prove how far a novelist with what it takes can travel in seven years. "[6]
External links
- Gallows on the Sand at AustLit
References
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 26 May 1956. p. 35. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "WRITERS' WORLD". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 August 1983. p. 12. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "NOVELS." The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1956. p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "NEW TITLES IN PACIFIC BOOK SERIES". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 August 1963. p. 23. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Two Novels of Note identifier". Pacific Island Monthly. August 1963. p. 97.
- ^ "Best Of The Paperbacks". Pacific Island Monthly. December 1963. p. 94.
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