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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
Slate, home from Vietnam, and his younger brother Wyn, rob a Mowbray bank, and abduct a convent schoolgirl witness after Wyn kills a policeman. The brothers fall out over the girl, who proves to have resources neither man suspected in one so apparently vulnerable. (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
Adaptations
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form
y
Slate, Wyn & Me
( dir. Don McLennan
)
Victoria
:
Film and General Holdings
Hemdale Film Corporation
,
1987
6319344
1987
single work
film/TV
crime
adventure
Two armed robbers kidnap a small-town school teacher after she witness their murder of a policeman during a robbery.
Notes
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Dedication: For John McLaren
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 235)
— Review of Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
The Latest in Paperbacks
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 June 1988; (p. 7)
— Review of Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 August 1987;
— Review of Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
Revealing Differences in Tone
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 January vol. 103 no. 5399 1984; (p. 60)
— Review of Milk : Stories 1983 selected work short story ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
Recent Fiction
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 94-95 1984; (p. 78-79)
— Review of West Block : The Hidden World of Canberra's Mandarins 1983 single work novel ; Sticks That Kill : A Novel 1983 single work novel ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel ; The Bodysurfers 1983 selected work short story ; Matilda, My Darling 1983 single work novel
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Powerfully Australian
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 April 1984; (p. 36)
— Review of Valencies 1983 single work novel ; The Pregnant Urban Guerrilla : A Novel 1983 single work novel ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel ; Token Soldiers 1983 single work novel ; Matilda, My Darling 1983 single work novel -
Recent Fiction
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 94-95 1984; (p. 78-79)
— Review of West Block : The Hidden World of Canberra's Mandarins 1983 single work novel ; Sticks That Kill : A Novel 1983 single work novel ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel ; The Bodysurfers 1983 selected work short story ; Matilda, My Darling 1983 single work novel -
Revealing Differences in Tone
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 January vol. 103 no. 5399 1984; (p. 60)
— Review of Milk : Stories 1983 selected work short story ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
Elementary, My Darling
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 December 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of Matilda, My Darling 1983 single work novel ; Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 August 1987;
— Review of Slate and Me and Blanche McBride 1983 single work novel
Last amended 14 Jan 2009 14:15:07
Settings:
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cVietnam,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c
- 1960s
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