But the dead are many, (1975)

Containers:

Box 90-101 (MS 4887)

Component identifier:

Series 16

Content Summary:

But the dead are many : a novel in figure form was published in 1975 by the Bodley Head in Australia (Pty) Ltd. The novel was commenced during a visit to Russia in 1962-63, but revised radically during the next ten years. After several drafts (in turn entitled 'This way and forever', 'Journey into the past' and 'They eat their babies in Russia') the book reached its final form: a novel on the life of an Australian communist and his moral and spiritual conflicts, which he resolved by suicide.

The papers contain a hand-written synopsis of a proposed book dated March 1963, hand-written and typescript copies of the final book, extensive revision notes, research material and Hardy's correspondence concerning the novel with publishers the Bodley Head, Andre Deutsch and his agent Curtis Brown (Aust.) Pty Ltd during the years from 1964 until 1972.

See also 1982 consignment (Boxes 180 and 189-190).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of the writer Frank Hardy were purchased by the Library in seven consignments between 1975 and 1988.

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