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Corporal Hitler's Pistol
''Corporal Hitler's Pistol'' is a 2021 historical novel by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. Synopsis The novel is set in the northern New South Wales town of Kempsey in 1933, where an old German-Australian, Bert Webber, is rumoured to be in possession of Adolph Hitler's pistol from World War I. When Bert sees Hitler on a newsreel at the local cinema he has a fit and is taken to a psychiatric hospital in Sydney. Hitler's pistol is then used to kill an ex-IRA member on a local farm. Critical reception Writing in ''The Guardian'' reviewer Susan Wyndham described the book as "a rollicking historical crime thriller", before noting that the author displays a "mastery of narrative technique in a series of cinematic set pieces that propel the story forward while intimately developing the characters." Awards * 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize - Adult, winner See also * 2021 in Australian literature This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Keneally
Thomas Michael Keneally, Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel ''Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film ''Schindler's List'', which won seven Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture. Early life Both Keneally's parents (Edmund Thomas Keneally and Elsie Margaret Coyle) were born to Irish Australians, Irish fathers in the timber and dairy town of Kempsey, New South Wales, and, though born in Sydney, his early years were also spent in Kempsey. His father, Edmund Thomas Keneally, flew for the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II, then returned to work in a small business in Sydney. By 1942, the family had moved to 7 Loftus Crescent, Homebush, a suburb in the Inner West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vintage Books
Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954. The company was acquired by Random House in April 1960, and a British division was set up in 1990. After Random House merged with Bantam Doubleday Dell, Doubleday's Anchor Books trade paperback line was added to the same division as Vintage. Following Random House's merger with Penguin, Vintage UK was transferred to Penguin UK. In addition to publishing classic and contemporary works in paperback under the Vintage brand, the imprint also oversees the sub-imprints Bodley Head, Jonathan Cape, Chatto and Windus, Harvill Secker, Hogarth Press, Square Peg, and Yellow Jersey. Vintage began publishing some titles in the mass-market paperback format in 2003. Notable authors * Albert Camus * Robert Caro * Joan Didion * Dave Eggers * Ralph Ellison * James Ellroy * William Faulkner * Dashiell Hammett * Jane Jacobs * Gabriel Garcia Marquez * Corma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempsey, New South Wales
Kempsey is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia and is the council seat for Kempsey Shire. It is located roughly 16.5 kilometres inland from the coast of the Pacific Ocean, on the Macleay Valley Way near where the Pacific Highway (Australia), Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line, New South Wales, North Coast railway line cross the Macleay River. It is roughly 430 kilometres north of Sydney. As of June 2018 Kempsey had a population of 15,309. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. History At the start of the British arrival the town lay within the area of the Djangadi people's lands. An Aboriginal presence has been attested archaeologically to go back at least 4,000 years, according to the analysis of the materials excavated at the Clybucca midden, a site which the modern-day descendants of the Djangadi and Gumbaynggirr claim Native title in Australia, native title rights. In the Clybucca area are ancient camp sites with shell beds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Historical Novel Prize
The ARA Historical Novel Prize is the richest individual literary prize in Australia and New Zealand with prize monies of $150,000 across two categories. The winner of the Adult category receives $100,000 with the CYA winner receiving $30,000. The two shortlisted authors in each category receive $5,000 each. The prize is run by the Historical Novel Society Australasia in partnership with the sponsor, ARA Group. The 2020 Prize only awarded novels in the Adult category. A "Children and Young Adults" category was introduced in 2021. Definition The Historical Novel Society Australasia explained the boundaries of the prize as follows: "The definition of the genre set by the Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) is a novel in which the majority of the narrative, ie more than 50% of the events described, has taken place at least 50 years before publication. "Historical sub-genres considered to be historical fiction include historical mystery, historical romance, and historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Australian Literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2021. Major publications Literary fiction * Aravind Adiga – ''Amnesty'' * Michael Mohammed Ahmad – ''The Other Half of You'' * Larissa Behrendt – '' After Story'' * Steven Carroll – ''O'' * Michelle de Kretser – ''Scary Monsters'' * Jennifer Down – '' Bodies of Light'' * Briohny Doyle – ''Echolalia'' * Max Easton – ''The Magpie Wing'' * Nikki Gemmell – ''The Ripping Tree'' * Anita Heiss – '' Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams'' * Tom Keneally – '' Corporal Hitler's Pistol'' * John Kinsella – ''Pushing Back'' * Emily Maguire – ''Love Objects'' * Jennifer Mills – ''The Airways'' * Alice Pung – ''One Hundred Days'' * Nicolas Rothwell – ''Red Heaven'' * Claire Thomas – ''The Performance'' * Christos Tsiolkas – ''7 ½'' * Michael Winkler – '' Grimmish'' Short story collections * Tony Birch – ''Dark as Last Night'' Children's and youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Australian Novels
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