Deal Me Out: A Cliff Hardy Novel - Softcover
Cliff Hardy starts out to help a friend but before long he's looking for an enemy - William Mountain: boozer, TV scriptwriter, would-be novelist who is missing and searching for adventure. Mountain's adventure is Hardy's 'case' which rapidly becomes a case he would rather not have. Mountain is the dealer in a deadly game and the hands he deals become more and more bizarre.'Indigenous thrillers are better than any others, and the best of all are Peter Corris' accounts of his Sydney private detective, Cliff Hardy. Corris' story is clever, his asides wry, his language rough but whimsical.' - Mark Thomas, Canberra Times'.Of Peter Corris it can be said "One sentence and the reader is away." - Manning Clark, The National Times'Cliff Hardy is. as Australian as two-up and Fosters.' - The Australian
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About the Author:
PETER CORRIS was born in Victoria, but is now an enthusiastic resident of Sydney, which has provided the locale for his other Cliff Hardy stories. He was originally a historian, but would now classify himself as a journalist and thriller writer.
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- PublisherUnwin Paperbacks
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0868619787
- ISBN 13 9780868619781
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages191
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Deal Me Out : A Cliff Hardy Novel
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Unwin Paperbacks, Sydney
(1986)
ISBN 10: 0868619787
ISBN 13: 9780868619781
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second-hand copy, no damage to describe apart from slight age toning of the page edges, no annotations. Cliff Hardy starts out to help a friend but before long he is looking for an enemy  William Mountain: loser, TV scriptwriter, would-be novelist who was missing and searching for adventure. Mountain's adventures Hardy's "case" which rapidly becomes a case he would rather not have. Mountain is the dealer in a deadly game in the hands he deals become more and more bizarre  Rear panel blurb Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 191, [13] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Australia; ISBN: 0868619787. ISBN/EAN: 9780868619781. Inventory No: 0278682. Seller Inventory # 0278682
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