Back of Sunset

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Back of Sunset

Author	Jon Cleary
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publication date	1959

Back of Sunset is a 1959 Australian novel from Jon Cleary. It is about Dr Stephen McCabe, Sydney doctor who takes a working holiday with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia. When the doctor who runs the practice is injured, McCabe must step up in his absence as he deals with a variety of crises. The book received good reviews abroad.^[1]

Jon Cleary also wrote a film script of the book for producer Lawrence Bachman but no movie resulted.^[2]

References

↑ Frank Slaughter, 'Flying Doctor: BACK OF SUNSET. By Jon Cleary.' New York Times 28 June 1959: BR22
↑ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive

External links

Back of Sunset at AustLit (subscription required)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)

1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959)

1960s	North From Thursday (1960) Strike Me Lucky (1961) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1964) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)

1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) The Safe House (1975) Peter's Pence (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)

1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)

1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)

2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films and TV

Just Let Me Be (1957) (TV)
Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Bus Stop (1961) (TV) (2 eps)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967) (TV)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
High Road to China (1983)
Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini series)

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