Sad Sack Kidnapped In Tokyo A Spy Thriller Review
A Sydney newspaper reports on Alison Broinowski’s novel about Australian Ambassador Angus Maclean who is abducted by an ultra nationalist group at Mount Fuji. The plot follows Maclean and journalist Andy’s efforts to secure a rescue while exploring personal values, with critique of character depth and prose style.
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Angus Maclean
Tokyo
Yass
Maclean
Yamato No Kai
Mt Fuji
Andy
Mie
Japan
Meci
Siriué
Broinowsk
Joann
John le Carre
Broinowski
Captain John Piper
M. Barnard Eldershaw
Ure Smith
National Trust
Captain Piper
Augustus Earle
Ensign Piper
Sydney
Pitt
Piper
Sydney Harbour
Elizabeth Point
Macquarie
Morris West
Cavaliere
Bruno Manzini
Manzini
Dante Aliehier Maetucer
Carabinieri
Defence Information Service
Spider and the
Mrs Alone
Eleanor Farjeon
William M. Thackeray
Master of Villainy A Biography of Sax Rohmer review
Gay Van Ash and Elizabeth Sax Rohmer deliver a collection of anecdotes about Sax Rohmer, creator of Dr Fu Manchu, detailing his life from Birmingham birth in 1883 through his rise as a famed, highly paid author. The book defends Rohmer’s work within its social context and highlights notes, bibliography, and the enduring popularity of the Fu Manchu series.
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Dr Fu Manchu
Rohmer
Gay van Ash
Sax Rohmer
Limehouse
Thames
London
Chinatown
Sax Ratner
Fan Ard
Elizabeth Sax Rohmer
Tom Stacey
Arthur Henry Ward
Birmingham
Henry Ward
Pearson's Magazine
Chamber's Journal
Fleet Street
Elizabeth
George Robey
Little Titch
King
Damascus
Haiti
Pyramids
Egypt
Riviera
Robert E. Binney
New Condor paperbacks span science, philosophy, and fiction
A UK review notes Condor and Sphere Books editions offering Einstein ideas, Utopias and Utopian Thought analyses, War and Peace in Contemporary Social Theory, and Eugene O Neill plays in Jonathan Cape reissues. It highlights Captain John Piper biography, The Shadow, So Human an Animal, Double Zero, Planets Suns and Galaxies, Lotus and the Wind spy novel, and other titles with prices and publication details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condor
Souvenir Press
United States
Frank E. Manuel
Lewis Mumford
Bertrand de Jouvesel
George Kateb
Paul Tillich
Irving Louis Horowitz
Anna Christie
The Salamander by Morris West review
In an unstable Italian political setting Morris West's The Salamander blends violence intrigue and romance. A fascist plot clashes with democracy as characters Matucci Manzini Lili Anders and others navigate power desire and loyalty amid a shifting postwar landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Morris West
Defeat of an Ideal by Shirley Hazzard
A critical insider's examination of the United Nations Secretariat by Shirley Hazzard argues mediocrity, poor leadership, and bureaucratic inertia have undermined the world body. The book contends dismantling the UN may be wiser than reform, though the author notes practical obstacles and lingering utility in global governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Hazzard
Glass Houses
Central Secretariat
New York
United Nations
Macmillan
Lassitude
Miss Hazzard
Secretariat
Verses for Children edition review from Oxford Press
A critical look at the Oxford Book of Children's Verse edited by Iona and Peter Opie, with over 300 pieces spanning five centuries. The volume showcases fantasy, moral precepts, animals, and varied tones, praising virtue while noting dangers to disobedient children.
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Iona
Peter Opie
Oxford University Pres
Mately
Islands Study Anthropology in Papua New Guinea
John Hay reviews a Melbourne University Press paperback edited by Hoghin. The volume Anthology on Papua New Guinea offers readable papers by experts, with sections on Social Structure Economy Land Tenure Marriage and Traditional Political Organisations plus a glossary and a guide to indigenous peoples.
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Tan Hoghin
Australian School of Pacific Administration
Mosman
Sydney
Margaret Mead
Camilla Wedgewood
Hoghin
Macquaria University
Cyclopaedia
Papua New Guinea
New
Wrings
New Guinea
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Alison Hroinowski
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ZYG
Neue
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Fies
Albert Einstein
Sven Limiquist
Pelicat
Latin America
Sphere
Rene Dubes
Professor Dubes
Oregon
David Collyer
Bishop
Fontana
Rockers
Hell's Angels
New South Wales
Harley Wood
Angus and Robertson
Corg
2Kapp
John Masters
Britain
Russia
North West Frontier
Weca
West
Heinemann
John Philip
Matucci
Lili Anders
Leoprello
Filippo Baldassare
Matucciax
Mars West
James Bond
Matt Helm
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United Nations Secretariat
Maurice Dunlevy
IIN
Trygve Lie
Department of State
Dag Hammarskjold
FBI
Fan Hoghin
Melbourne University Press
John Hay
Colin Forbes
Alistair Maclean
Sergeanne Gelon
Angelique and the
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Peter Firkins
Daltons
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