''Daughter of Silence'' (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author

Morris West Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), '' The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were pub ...

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Plot outline

In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four-year-old woman shoots the town's mayor dead in revenge for the death of her mother during the war. The subsequent trial brings out secrets both personal and political.

Critical reception

Joyce Halstead in ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story.""Your Bookshelf" by Joyce Halstead, ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', 10 January 1962, p14
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Notes

* Dedication: For Hilda * Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daughter of Silence Australian crime novels 1961 Australian novels Works by Morris West

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