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''A Victim of the Aurora'' (1977) is a novel by Australian writer
Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his non-fiction novel ''Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, wh ...
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Abstract

In the 1970s, Anthony Piers, the narrator of the story is an aged man living in a rest home who decides to tell the story in flashback. In the Antarctic winter in 1910, a group of gentlemen adventurers, led by Captain Sir Eugene Stewart, wait for an opportunity to strike out for the South Pole. One of them is found dead, and now Stewart must find out which of his 25 carefully-chosen men has become a murderer. Stewart, along with Piers and another man, Sullivan, form the triumvirate to get to the bottom of the matter.


Dedication

"To Bob Hawke"


Critical reception

In the ''Canberra Times'' Hope Hewitt stated: "the understated form of expression contributes to the real point of the book. This is not the excitement, of a whodunit, for the process of revelation is quiet and sad, in the mind not in the action. The event of greatest impact is not the disclosure of the murderer but what happened afterwards, the decision in the mind of Sir Eugene. "


Publication history

After its original publication in 1977 by
Collins Collins may refer to: People Surname Given name * Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat * Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration * Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle- ...
, the novel was published as follows: *
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt () was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City an ...
, USA, 1978 *
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, UK, 1978 And then in various paperback, braille and sound recording editions.


See also

* 1977 in Australian literature


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Victim of the Aurora, A Novels by Thomas Keneally 1977 Australian novels 1977 books William Collins, Sons books