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Halfway to Anywhere (novel)

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Halfway to Anywhere
AuthorNorman Lindsay
PublishedSydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947

Halfway to Anywhere is a 1947 novel written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. It is a humorous novel dealing with Australian adolescents. It the final part of a trilogy which began with Redheap and was continued in Saturdee.[1] According to The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English, "these novels, with their sexually vigorous young protagonists, comically depict small town life."[2] The novel was adapted for the screen in 1972.

References

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  1. ^ Wilde; Hooton; Andrews 1994.
  2. ^ Sutherland 1996.

Sources

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  • Sutherland, J. (1996). "Lindsay, Norman". In Stringer, J. (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Oxford University Press.
  • Wilde, W.; Hooton, J.; Andrews, B. (1994). "Saturdee". The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

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