The Faraway Drums
Book by Jon Cleary
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| Author | Jon Cleary |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1981 (UK), 1982 (US) |
The Faraway Drums is a 1981 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about an American journalist and British intelligence officer who try to stop the assassination of King George V at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. Film rights were sold but abandoned after it was realised how much an adaptation would cost.[1]
References
- ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
External links
- The Faraway Drums at AustLit (subscription required)
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- Dust in the Sun (1958)
- The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
- The Sundowners (1960)
- The Green Helmet (1961)
- Damon and Pythias (1962)
- The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
- Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
- You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
- Sidecar Racers (1975)
- Scobie Malone (1975)
- High Road to China (1983)
- Knife in the Family (1957)
- Bus Stop (1961) (2 eps)
- You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967)
- Spearfield's Daughter (1986)
- Safe Horizon (1945)
- The Sundowners (1953)
- The Climate of Courage (1956)
