Halfway to Anywhere (novel)
| Author | Norman Lindsay |
|---|---|
| Published | Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947 |
Halfway to Anywhere is a 1947 novel written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. It is a humorous novel dealing with Australian adolescents. It the final part of a trilogy which began with Redheap and was continued in Saturdee.[1] According to The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English, "these novels, with their sexually vigorous young protagonists, comically depict small town life."[2] The novel was adapted for the screen in 1972.
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Sutherland, J. (1996). "Lindsay, Norman". In Stringer, J. (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Oxford University Press.
- Wilde, W.; Hooton, J.; Andrews, B. (1994). "Saturdee". The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Further reading[edit]
- "New Fiction. Halfway to Anywhere". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1947. p. 8.
- "Remember your boyhood?". The Daily Telegraph. 27 December 1947. p. 14.
- "Mr Lindsay and Others". The Herald. 3 January 1948.
- "Norman Lindsay True to Form". The Mercury. 10 January 1948. p. 6.