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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.<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> He later claimed it was written in seven days for $250 in order to pay a tax bill after he had had a nervous breakdown. West credited the book as launching his career as a novelist.<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><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/archive/morris-west-has-one-literary-objective-hold-that-reader-vol-6-no-23/|title= |
'''''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> He later claimed it was written in seven days for $250 in order to pay a tax bill after he had had a nervous breakdown. West credited the book as launching his career as a novelist.<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><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/archive/morris-west-has-one-literary-objective-hold-that-reader-vol-6-no-23/|title= |
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Morris West Has One Literary Objective: Hold That Reader|first=Jerene|last= Jones|date= December 6, 1976}}</ref> |
Morris West Has One Literary Objective: Hold That Reader|first=Jerene|last= Jones|date= December 6, 1976}}</ref> However a later review of the author's career dismissed it as a "potboiler".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A master storyteller signs off|date= February 20, 1993|page=44|first=Mollie|last=Missen}}</ref> |
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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> |
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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| Author | Morris West |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
Publication date | 1956 |
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| Pages | 207 |
Gallows on the Sand is a 1956 novel by Morris West. It was the first novel he published under his own name.[1] He later claimed it was written in seven days for $250 in order to pay a tax bill after he had had a nervous breakdown. West credited the book as launching his career as a novelist.[2][3] However a later review of the author's career dismissed it as a "potboiler".[4]
It was serialised for radio.[5]
The book was re-released in 1963 as part of Angus and Robertson's Pacific Book series.[6]
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. "[5]
The Pacific Island Monthly called it "a buried treasure trifle."[7] 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. "[8]
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.
- ^ Jones, Jerene (December 6, 1976). "Morris West Has One Literary Objective: Hold That Reader". People.
- ^ Missen, Mollie (February 20, 1993). "A master storyteller signs off". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
- ^ 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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