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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 09, 1959
Page
3
A review of The Enemy Camp by Weidman notes the long novel traces a Jewish man’s life in non Jewish New York. The author blends a life story with a prologue and epilogue, portraying love, big business, and the Jewish Gentile complex. The critic praises its readable pace and emotional reach.
A satirical book by Dell Pearl mocks Australian society across four classes from aristocrats to workers. Nine Culotta calls it crook, Sydney daily reprints with commentary, and the foreword suggests the work targets New Zealand readers as a humorous critical portrait.
A Department of Territories release presents a 30 image collection with an aerial map and an historical bulletin on the Northern Territory. The volume surveys pastoral, political, and settler themes, highlighting views from View Dora River Downs to eroded ranges and a highway project linking Alice Springs and Darwin.
Review of Dudley Barker’s Private Company, noting its treatment of labour and management ethics. The critic praises the novel’s humane view of work, realistic industrial law knowledge, and strong character portrayal, suggesting it could span a multi volume saga. Published by Longmans Green in London at 20 shillings.
A survey contrasts Australian and overseas plays amid limited local theatre options. It notes the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust’s drama push and compares The Observer and Best American Plays selections, highlighting modern plays, rebellion themes, symbolism, and the varied tastes of commercial managers.
A digest of recent youth science and history books reviewed by critics. Titles include Modern Outlines Series volumes by Professor and Mel Bullouy and works by Sir Julian Huxley and Henry Sted Commmager. Readers are guided to engaging anatomy and evolution texts suitable for junior secondary study.
A review summarises Two/16 Battalion history in Australia during World War II and previews Eleanor Dark’s Lantana Lane a comic portrait of rural life, plus Jon Cleary’s Back of Sunset about a Sydney doctor seeking purpose at Sunset station.
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