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Jon Cleary

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.

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Born 22 November 1917
Died 19 July 2010

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  • Cover of: The sundowners

    Cover of edition sundowners0000clea_f7i5 First published in 1952 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The faraway drums

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  • Cover of: The High Commissioner

    First published in 1966 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Back of sunset.

    First published in 1959 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The pulse of danger

    First published in 1966 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The city of fading light

    First published in 1985 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: High Road To China

    First published in 1977 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The Climate of Courage

    First published in 1954 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: North from Thursday.

    First published in 1960 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The fall of an eagle

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  • Cover of: Bleak spring

    Cover of edition bleakspring00clea First published in 1993 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Season of doubt.

    First published in 1968 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The safe house

    Cover of edition safehouse0000clea First published in 1975 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Endpeace: a Scobie Malone mystery

    Cover of edition endpeace0000clea Cover of edition endpeacescobiema0000clea First published in 1997 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Long Pursuit

    Cover of edition longpursuit0000clea First published in 1967 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A sound of lightning

    First published in 1976 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Winter chill.

    First published in 1995 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Beaufort sisters

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  • Cover of: A flight of chariots

    First published in 1963 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The golden sabre

    First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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Born 22 November 1917
Died 19 July 2010

Subjects

Fiction, Australia, fiction, Malone, scobie (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Sydney (n.s.w.), fiction, Scobie Malone (Fictitious character), Police, Mystery and detective, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Large type books, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Australia, Children's fiction, Fiction, political, Literature and fiction, mystery and suspense, Politicians, fiction, Family life, fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction in English, 1900- Texts, Fiction, war & military

Places

Australia, Sydney (N.S.W.), New South Wales, Sydney, China, Indonesia, Russia, Sumatra, Sumatra (Indonesia), Vatican City

People

German, Harry Aidan Earl of Bayard Ninth Marquess of Carmel

Time

1920

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  • OLID: OL23223A

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Alternative names

  • Jon CLEARY
  • JON CLEARY
  • Cleary Jon
  • Jon, Cleary
  • jon cleary
  • CLEARY Jon
  • Джон Стивен Клири
  • Джон Клири
  • Д.Клири

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November 20, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
November 20, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
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