The Long Shadow
First edition
AuthorJon Cleary
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherInvincible Press
Publication date
1949

The Long Shadow is a 1949 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. Cleary had just written his debut work, You Can't See 'Round Corners and was unsure what to do as a follow-up. His editor Graham Greene suggested he try his hand at a thriller "because it will teach you the art of narrative and it will teach you the uses of brevity."[1]

Plot

The plot revolves around Martin Brown, an educated man who is living as a swagman. He is falsely accused of murder of a woman called Ruth Taylor, and is pursued through the Australian countryside by police and other men. He falls in love with a woman who believes his innocence.[2]

Reception

Reviews were not as strong as that for Cleary's first novel.[3][4]

Proposed film

In 1968 it was announced that a movie version was to be made starring Rod Taylor for Ajax Films from a script by James Workman but no film resulted.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Jon Cleary interview, The Book Show - Radio National, 26 February 2006
  2. ↑ "SOME NEW FICTION". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 7 January 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 6 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "New interpreters of Australasian scene". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 January 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 6 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "SOME NEW FICTION". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 7 January 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
  6. ↑ 'Rod Taylor weighs offers for 5 Pix in Native Land', Variety, 21 Nov 1968
  7. ↑ "LEISURE THE ARTS US visitor sees big film future for us". The Canberra Times. 14 December 1967. p. 30. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Hall, Sandra (15 February 1969). "Who's filming what". The Bulletin. p. 42.


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