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Adaptation of The Empty Beach Peter Corris , 1983 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 The Empty Beach
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Cliff Hardy, a private investigator, begins a routine investigation into a supposed drowning, but soon finds himself fighting for his life in the seedy, violent underworld of Sydney's Bondi.

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First known date: 1985

Works about this Work

Empty Beaches : In Search of Australia’s Fictional Private Eyes Andrew Nette , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Los Angeles Review of Books , October 2015;
He Works in a Woman's Way Holly Byrnes , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 July 2011; (p. 19)
TV producer John Edwards finds success in feminine-based dramas.
A Hard-Boiled World : Goodbye Paradise and The Empty Beach Geoff Mayer , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 21 no. 2 1993; (p. 112-119)
He Works in a Woman's Way Holly Byrnes , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 July 2011; (p. 19)
TV producer John Edwards finds success in feminine-based dramas.
Empty Beaches : In Search of Australia’s Fictional Private Eyes Andrew Nette , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Los Angeles Review of Books , October 2015;
A Hard-Boiled World : Goodbye Paradise and The Empty Beach Geoff Mayer , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 21 no. 2 1993; (p. 112-119)
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