Helga's Web
Book by Jon Cleary
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Author | Jon Cleary |
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Language | English |
Series | Scobie Malone series |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1970 |
Publication place | Australia |
Preceded by | The High Commissioner |
Followed by | Ransom |
Helga's Web was a 1970 novel by Australian author Jon Cleary, the second to feature his detective hero Scobie Malone.[1][2]
Cleary did not originally intend to use the character again but wanted to write about the construction of the new Sydney Opera House and thought the detective could be a good way to access that.[3]
Reception
The London Daily Telegraph called it "absorbing to the end."[4]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it a "first class, exciting, immensely readable thriller."[5]
Adaptation
The novel was adapted into a film as Scobie Malone (1975).
References
- ^ "Three novels well worth reading". The Canberra Times. 22 August 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Ruskin, Pamela (12 April 1975). "The little bloke who reached the top". The Age. p. 19.
- ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ "Criminal records". The Daily Telegraph. 2 July 1970. p. 9.
- ^ Pringle, John Douglas (8 August 1970). "A body in the Opera House". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 22.
External links
- Helga's Web at AustLit (subscription required)
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Works by Jon Cleary
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- Dust in the Sun (1958)
- The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
- The Sundowners (1960)
- The Green Helmet (1961)
- Damon and Pythias (1962)
- The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
- Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
- You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
- Sidecar Racers (1975)
- Scobie Malone (1975)
- High Road to China (1983)
- Knife in the Family (1957)
- Bus Stop (1961) (2 eps)
- You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
- Spearfield's Daughter (1986)
- Safe Horizon (1945)
- The Sundowners (1953)
- The Climate of Courage (1956)