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Babylon south

Babylon south

by Jon Cleary

1989FictionPoliceScobie Malone (Fictitious character)Malone, scobie (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
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FictionPoliceScobie Malone (Fictitious character)Malone, scobie (fictitious character), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralSydney (n.s.w.), fiction
First published 1989

Setting

AustraliaSydney (N.S.W.)

About the author

Jon Cleary
Jon Cleary

22 November 1917 – 19 July 2010

Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective fiction works featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film and television adaptations.

Author

Jon Cleary

First published

1989

Pages

382

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Fontana

ISBN

9781854969125

Where to buy

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