A Victim of the Aurora

A Victim of the Aurora (1977) is a novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally.[1]

A Victim of the Aurora
AuthorThomas Keneally
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherCollins, Australia
Publication date
1977
Media typePrint
Pages222 pp
ISBN0002224933
Preceded bySeason in Purgatory 
Followed byPassenger 

Abstract

In the Antarctic winter in 1910, a group of gentlemen adventurers, lead by Captain Sir Eugene Stewart, wait for an opportunity to strike out for the south pole. But one of the twenty-five men of the party is a murderer who needs to be exposed.

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. "[2]

Publication history

After its original publication in 1977 by Collins,[3] the novel was published as follows:

And then in various paperback, braille and sound recording editions.

See also

References
  1. "Austlit - A Victim of the Aurora by Thomas Keneally". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ""Victims All Round"". The Canberra Times, 24 June 1978, p13. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. "A Victim of the Aurora (Collins 1977)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. "A Victim of the Aurora (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. "A Victim of the Aurora (Fontana)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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