''Golden Soak'' is a 1973

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by the British writer

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.Vinson & Kirkpatrick p.455 It was adapted into a 1979 Australian television series of the same title. With his Cornish mining business struggling, a man fakes his own death and heads out to Australia where he becomes mixed up with intrigue concerning huge

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deposits in the Gibson Desert.

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* James Vinson & D. L. Kirkpatrick. ''Contemporary Novelists''. St. James Press, 1986. 1973 British novels Novels by Hammond Innes British thriller novels Novels set in Cornwall Novels set in Australia British novels adapted into television shows William Collins, Sons books {{1970s-thriller-novel-stub