Background research The Year of living dangerously, 1974-1975

Containers:

Box 7 (MS Acc13.104)

Component identifier:

File 4

Content Summary:

Correspondence between Christopher Koch and brother Phillip during the writing of The Year of Living Dangerously. Letters from Christopher were sent from various places in Europe, including Spain, Bavaria and Somerset in the UK, to his brother in Melbourne Philip Koch was the ABC's correspondent in Indonesia during the Sukarno era, and the bulk of the exchange consists of questions by Christopher concerning the background of the time and technical problems of reportage from Indonesia, and his brother's answers. He also gives plot details to his brother as the book develops and asks for his opinion on these. Such exchanges run to considerable length

Immediate source of acquisition:

The initial two instalments of papers were acquired from Christopher Koch in 1981 and 2013. The final instalment was acquired from Koch's publisher, Margaret Connolly, in 2014.

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