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| publisher =Australasian Publishing Co.
| release_date = 1945
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| pages = 293
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'''''Moon in My Pocket''''' is a 1945 novel by [[Morris West]] under the name "Julian Morris". It was West's first novel and was written while he was in the services.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172222149 |title=Book Reviews |newspaper=[[Advocate]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 August 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205642040 |title=The Dramatised Life |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=10 November 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }} </ref>
'''''Moon in My Pocket''''' is a 1945 novel by [[Morris West]] under the name "Julian Morris". It was West's first novel and was written while he was in the services.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172222149 |title=Book Reviews |newspaper=[[Advocate]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 August 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205642040 |title=The Dramatised Life |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=10 November 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }} </ref>

The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' later wrote " The main interest of this, slight if sincere book... is West's reliance on two elements that were to become central to his writing: moral crusading and the use of real-life situations."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A master storyteller signs off|date= February 20, 1993|page=44|first=Mollie|last=Missen}}</ref>


It was published by the Australasian Publishing Company, a branch of Harrap's Publishing Company in London, and sold more than ten thousand copies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118260812 |title=Saturday MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 August 1994 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=43 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27923999 |title="Moon in My Pocket," by Julian Morris.—Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 September 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }} </ref>
It was published by the Australasian Publishing Company, a branch of Harrap's Publishing Company in London, and sold more than ten thousand copies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118260812 |title=Saturday MAGAZINE |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 August 1994 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=43 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27923999 |title="Moon in My Pocket," by Julian Morris.—Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 September 1945 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }} </ref>

Revision as of 09:45, 8 April 2020

Moon in My Pocket
AuthorMorris West as "Julian Morris"
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAustralasian Publishing Co.
Publication date
1945
Media typePrint
Pages293

Moon in My Pocket is a 1945 novel by Morris West under the name "Julian Morris". It was West's first novel and was written while he was in the services.[1][2]

The Sydney Morning Herald later wrote " The main interest of this, slight if sincere book... is West's reliance on two elements that were to become central to his writing: moral crusading and the use of real-life situations."[3]

It was published by the Australasian Publishing Company, a branch of Harrap's Publishing Company in London, and sold more than ten thousand copies.[4][5]

Premise

A boy attends a seminary.

References

  1. ^ "Book Reviews". Advocate. Victoria, Australia. 15 August 1945. p. 10. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "The Dramatised Life". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 10 November 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Missen, Mollie (February 20, 1993). "A master storyteller signs off". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
  4. ^ "Saturday MAGAZINE". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 August 1994. p. 43. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ ""Moon in My Pocket," by Julian Morris.—Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 29 September 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.

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