| 词条 | The Long Shadow (novel) |
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| name = The Long Shadow | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:TheLongShadow.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Jon Cleary | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = | genre = Thriller | publisher = Invincible Press | release_date = 1949 | english_release_date = | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}The Long Shadow is a 1949 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. Cleary had just written his debut work, You Can't See 'Round Corners and was unsure what to do as a follow up. His editor Graham Greene suggested he try his hand at a thriller "because it will teach you the art of narrative and it will teach you the uses of brevity."[1] PlotThe plot revolves around Martin Brown, an educated man who is living as a swagman. He is falsely accused of murder of a woman called Ruth Taylor, and is pursued through the Australian countryside by police and other men. He falls in love with a woman who believes his innocence.[2] ReceptionReviews were not as strong as that for Cleary's first novel.[3][4] Proposed filmIn 1968 it was announced that a movie version was to be made starring Rod Taylor for Ajax Films from a script by James Workman but no film resulted.[5][6][7] References1. ^Jon Cleary interview, The Book Show - Radio National, 26 February 2006 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52766031 |title=SOME NEW FICTION. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=7 January 1950 |accessdate=6 March 2012 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22807432 |title=New interpreters of Australasian scene. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=28 January 1950 |accessdate=6 March 2012 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52766031 |title=SOME NEW FICTION. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=7 January 1950 |accessdate=18 October 2015 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive 6. ^'Rod Taylor weighs offers for 5 Pix in Native Land', Variety, 21 Nov 1968 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107037134 |title=LEISURE THE ARTS US visitor sees big film future for us. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=14 December 1967 |accessdate=18 October 2015 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}} External links
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