Friday, 30 June 2023

PART IX. On Colonial / Post-Colonial Australian Literary And Dramatic Texts: Notes By Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, Circa June 2023 To Circa July 2023.

1.0 - Blog's Title: PART IX. On Colonial / Post-Colonial Australian Literary And Dramatic Texts: Notes By Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, Circa June 2023 To Circa July 2023.
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2.0 - Philip Lindsay, 30 April 1906, Sydney, Australia, to: 4 January 1958, Hastings, Sussex—Philip Lindsay wrote narrativized historical texts of early modern Europe and a number of critical and biographical texts which appear no longer in print, but which indicate Philip Lindsay's Australian heritage; for example, a biography on the Australian cricketer, Don Bradman. Philip Lindsay is the son of the celebrated Australian author and visual artist: Norman Lindsay and was himself celebrated in his day as something of an Australian, post-colonial bard, that is, with his literary focus on a connection with the southern regions of England. Fourteen of Philip Lindsay's texts are listed directly beneath:
2.1 - Panama Is Burning, circa 1932; 
A. circa 1932, Cassell And Company, Limited, London, 309 pages; 20 centimeters, OCLC: 11156548; B. circa 1961, Australian pocket books series, Adelaide: Rigby, 191 pages, 19 centimeters. 
2.2One Dagger For Two: A Novel, 
circa 1932—a text based on the life of Elizabethan dramatist, Christopher Marlowe; A. circa 1932, Cassell And Company Limited, ASIN: ‎B004Y27ADA; 
B. circa 1952, First Pocket-book edition, London: News Of The World, 246 pages, 17 centimeters; C. London, Hutchinson, 311 pages, 21 centimeters.
2.3 - London Bridge Is Falling, circa 1934—a text that focuses on Jack Cade's revolt of circa 1450 at south-east England; A. Ivor Nicholson And Watson Limited, 466 pages; B. Little Brown And Company, LCCN: 34019488, OCLC / WorldCat: 1305805.
2.4 - The Devil And King John, circa 1943; A. circa 1943, London: Hutchinson, 224 pages; 21 centimeters; B. circa 1972, Cedric Chivers Limited, Portway Combe Park, Bath, Somerset, BA1 3NF, OCLC: 810652204.
2.5 - Cricketing Lives; Don Bradman, 1 January 1951; A. Phoenix House, hard-cover, 64 pages, contains black and white photographic plates.
2.6 - Jack Laughs At Locksmiths, 1 January 1951; A. Hutchinson And Company, re-print edition, ASIN: ‎B002CXSRI0.
2.7 - The Shadow Of The Red Barn, 1 January 1952; A. London: Hutchinson, 319 pages, 19 centimeters, ASIN: ‎B000SAKTBM, OCLC: OCM11163507.
2.8 - A Piece For Candle-light, circa 1953—a text based on the life of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson; A. circa 1976, London: Hutchinson, 304 pages, 20 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0091232805.
2.9 - The Haunted Man A Portrait Of Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1953; A. 
London: Hutchinson, 256 pages, ISBN-10: 0841458413. 
2.10 - They Have Their Dreams, circa 1956—a narration of the historical events regarding Perkin Warbeck circa 1497; A. circa 1956, London: Hutchinson, 298 pages, 21 centimeters; C. circa 1976, C. Chivers, xiii, 521 pages, ISBN-10: 100859971503. 
2.11 - The Swell Yokel, circa 1955
—a text based on the life of John Thurtell; A. circa 1955, London: Hutchinson; B. circa 1974, London: White Lion Publishers, 364 pages, 21 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0856171964, ISBN-13: 9780856171963. 
2.12 - Gentleman Harry Retires, circa 1937—a text based on the life of 18th-century English high-way man, Henry Simms, known as Gentleman Harry; A. 1 January 1937, London: Ivor Nicholson And Watson, ASIN: ‎B0014KMNJ6; B. circa 1948, reprint by John Langdon Limited, 320 pages.
2.13 - Further, Philip Lindsay was a co-screen-writer for: A. Under The Red Robe, circa 1937, 80 minutes, directed by Victor Sjöström based on Under The Red Robe, circa 1894, that is an historical novel by Stanley J. Weyman; 
B. Song Of Freedom, circa 1936; 76 minutes, that is a British musical / drama film directed by J. Elder Wills, produced by Hammer Film Productions.
3.0 - Catherine Beatrice Edmonds, circa 1900 to circa 1960; one of Catherine Beatrice Edmonds's texts, the only one known, is listed directly beneath:
3.1 - Caddie, A Sydney Barmaid, circa May 1953; A. Constable & Company Limited, London; B. circa 1987, hard-cover, ISBN-10: 0858357046, ISBN-13: 9780858357044; C. Caddie, 1 April 1976, 106 minutes, is a biopic directed by Donald Crombie, produced by Anthony Buckley and written / adapted by Joan Long: the Australian Film Development Corporation, the Australian Women's Weekly, the Nine Net-work, the Secretariat for International Woman's Year and Roadshow, invested in the fim.
4.0 - Catherine Gaskin, 2 April 1929 in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland to: 6 September 2009, Sydney, New South Wales: was a prolific author, who wrote colonial Australian, fictionalised histories with heroines at the heart of each narrative; six of Catherine Gaskin's texts are listed directly beneath:
4.1This Other Eden, circa 1946, A.
circa 1946, Sydney: Collins, 272 pages, 22 centimeters.
4.2 - Sara Dane, circa 1954, A. circa 1983, Sydney: Bantam Books, paper-back, ISBN-10 ‎055323286X, ISBN-13 ‎978-0553232868; B. Translation to French by Leo Lack, Presses de la cite, 377 pages, 18 centimeters, ISBN-10:
2266008684, ISNN-13: 9782266008686; C. 10 June 1982, the South Australian Film Corporation made a mini-series, two episodes, 248 minutes, of the novel, for Network Ten—adapted / written by Alan Seymour, co-directed by Gary Conway Rod Hardy.
4.3 - All Else Is Folly, circa 1951; A. 
circa 1951William Collins Sons And Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 256 pages, 21 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0002210371, ISBN-13: 9780002210379.
4.4 - Daughter Of The House, circa 
1952; A. [Collins], circa 1978, Fontana, 223 pages, 18 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0006153399, ISBN-13: 9780006153399.
4.5 - Fiona, circa 1970; A. 15 March 1990, HarperCollins, paper-back, 352 pages, ISBN-13: 9780006153054, ISBN-10: 0006153054.
5.0 - D'Arcy Niland, Darcy Francis Niland, 20 October 1917, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia to 29 March 1967 (aged 49), Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia; married to fellow Australian author, Ruth Park; nine of D'Arcy Niland's texts are listed directly beneath:
5.1 - The Shiralee, circa 1955, A. 
Angus And Robertson, Australia and Britain, William Sloane Associates, the United States Of America, 223 pages; B. circa 2009, Penguin Books, 268 pages, ISBN-13: 9780143180197, ISBN-10:
0143180193; C. a film adaptation, 26 June 1988, produced by South Australian Film Corporation for Channel 7—directed by George Ogilvie, 103 minutes, the screen-play was written by Tony Morphett.
5.2Call Me When The Cross Turns Over, circa 1957; A. circa 1957, Angus And Robertson, 255 pages, LCCN: 58020007, OCLC / WorldCat: 13390709; B. circa 1973, White Lion Publishers, 190 pagez, OCLC / WorldCat: 16246332, ISBN-10: 0856171956.
5.3 - The Big Smoke, circa 1959; A. 31 August 1978, ‎Penguin, paper-back ‎224 pages, ISBN-10: ‎0140049649, ISBN-13 ‎978-0140049640.
5.4 - The Apprentices, circa 1965; A. circa 1965, London: Joseph, 200 pages, 21 centimeters, OL: 1195828M, LCCN: 94188075.
5.5 - Dead Men Running, circa 1969; A. 1 January 1969, Joseph, 316 pages, ISBN-10: ‎0718106784, ISBN-13: ‎978-0718106782. 
5.6 - Travelling Songs Of Old Australia, circa 1966; A. 1 January 
1965, London: Micheal Joseph; B. circa 1966, Sydney: Horwitz, 39 pages. 
5.7One Man's Kingdom, circa 1957—is an Australian radio serial by Ruth Park and D'arcy Niland, 13 episodes, Australia Broad-casting Commission. 
5.8 - Gold In The Streets, circa 1959; A. circa 1959, London: Horwitz, 1959 225 pages, 19 centimeters. 
5.9Pairs And Loners, circa 1966; A. circa 1966, London: Michael Joseph, 172 pages, 21 centimeters.
6.0 - Patrick White, 28 May 1912, Knightsbridge, London, to: 30 September 1990, Sydney: Australia's Nobel Laureate for literature, circa 1973; there are ten of Patrick White's novels listed directly beneath:
6.1 - The Living And The Dead, circa 1941; A. circa 1962, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 346 pages; B. 4 October 1996, Random House Britain, 368 pages, 19.9 x 13.2 x 2.8 centimeters, paper-back, ISBN-13: 9780099324317, ISBN-10: 0099324318.
6.2 - The Aunt's Story, circa 1948; A. 25 March 1976, Penguin, paper-back, ‎288 pages, 17.78 x 2.54 x 12.7 centimeters, ISBN-10: ‎0140041451, ISBN-13: ‎978-0140041453.
6.3 - The Tree of Man, circa 1955; A. 3 August 2009, Random House, Australia, paper-back, 480 pages, 3.2 x 12.8 x 19.8 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9781741667707, ISBN-10: 1741667704.
6.4 - Voss, circa 1957; A. 1 October 2012, Random House, Australia, 464 pages, 20 x 13 x 3.5 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9781742756882, ISBN-10: 1742756883.
6.5 - Riders In The Chariot, circa 1961; A. circa October 1996, Random House, Britain, 560 pages, paper-back, 3.5 x 13  x 19.6 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9780099323914, ISBN-10: 0099323915.
6.6 - The Solid Mandala, circa 1966; 
A. 1 July 2012, Random House, Australia, 320 pages, paper-back, 2.5 x 13.7 x 20.4 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9781742759012, ISBN-10: 1742759017.
6.7 - The Vivisector, circa 1970; A. 19 March 2018, Penguin Australia Proprietary Limited, paper-back, 608 pages, 4.2 x 12.9 x 19.5 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9780143791010, ISBN-10: 014379101X.
6.8 - The Eye Of The Storm, circa 1973; A. 1 May 2012, 608 pages, 23.24 x 12.45 x 2.69 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9780312595326, ISBN-10: 0312595328.
6.9 - A Fringe Of Leaves, circa 1976; A. 1 April 2010, Random House, Australia, paper-back, 416 pages, 2.6 x 12.6 x 19.5 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9781864711486, ISBN-10: 1864711485.
6.10 - The Twyborn Affair, circa 1979; A. circa August 1995, Random House Britain, paper-back, 432 pages, 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.0 centimeters, ISBN-13: 9780099458210, ISBN-10: 0099458217.
7.0 - Tom Ronan, 11 November 1907, Perth, Western Australia, to: 15 July 1976, Adelaide, South Australia, an Australian writer of historical fiction; three of Tom Ronan's texts are listed directly beneath:
7.1 - The Pearling Master, circa 1958; A. circa 1958, London: Cassell, 318 pages; B. circa 1967, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus And Robertson, 275 pages, OCLC: 468624.
7.2 - Moleskin Midas, circa 1956; A. 
circa 1956, London: Cassell; B. circa 1982, Currey O'Neil, ISBN-10: 0855506326, ISBN-13: 9780855506322.
7.3 - Vision Splendid, circa 1954; A. circa 1954, London: Cassell; B. circa 1972, Lloyd O'Neil, ISBN-10: 085550336X, ISBN-13: 9780855503369.
7.4 - Strangers On The Ophir, circa 1945; A. circa 1945, Sydney: Dymocks; B. circa 1966, Angus & Robertson: Pacific Books, Sydney.
7.5 - Refer to the 'Tom Ronan' web-page of the Austlit Education website: <https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24264?mainTabTemplate=agentWorksBy>.
8.0 - Arthur Upfield, Arthur William Upfield, 1 September 1890, Gosport, Hampshire, England to: 12 February 1964 (aged 73), Bowral, New South Wales; two of Arthur Upfield's texts are listed directly beneath:
8.1 - The Man Of Two Tribes, circa 1956; A. circa 1956, Heinemann, London; B. circa 1981, London: Angus & Robertson, paper-back, 214 pages, 18 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0207141029.
8.2The Sands Of Windee, circa 1931; A. circa 1931, Hutchinson, London, ix-x, 11-291 pages, OCLC / WorldCat: 1878469; B. the first Australian edition, circa 1958, Angus And Robertson, Sydney.
9.0 - John O'Grady, John Patrick O'Grady, 9 October 1907, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, to 14 January 1981 (aged 73) Oatley, New South Wales, Australia; four of John O'Grady's texts are listed directly beneath:
9.1They're A Weird Mob, circa 1957—an Australian comic novel on Italian migrants, published under the pseudonym: "Nino Culotta"; A. a re-print, circa 1974, Sydney and Auckland: Ure Smith, a division of Paul Hamlyn Proprietary Limited, 212 pages, ISBN-10: 0725403985; B. due to the fact the book was a best-seller, it was adapted to a film: premiere at Sydney, 18 August 1966, 112 minutes—written by Richard Imrie, directed by Michael Powell and produced by Williamson-Powell International Films.
9.2Are You Irish Or Normal?, circa 1970—published under the pseudonym: Sean O'Grada, with commentary by "Murphy" and illustrations by Paul Rigby; A. circa 1984, Sydney: Landsdowne Press, viii, 240 pages, with illustrations, 21 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0701816562.
9.3 - Aussie Etiket; Or, Doing Things The Aussie Way, circa 1971; A. circa 1974, Sydney: Ure Smith, 104 pages, ISBN-10: 0725400676.
10.0 - Morris West, Morris Langlo West, 26 April 1916, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, to: 9 October 1999 (aged 83), Clareville, New South Wales, Australia; six of Morris West's texts are listed directly beneath:
10.1 - Children Of The Sun, circa 1957—an investigation of the slums of post-war Naples; the title in the United States Of America was: Children Of The Shadows: The True Story Of The Street Urchins Of Naples; A. 1 January 1957, William Heinemann Limited, ISBN 10: 0434859028, ISBN 13: 9780434859023; 
B. circa 2000, Melbourne, Australia: Bolinda Press, 311 pages (large print), 20 centimeters, ISBN 1740302036; C. circa 2017, Allen And Unwin, 192 pages; ISBN-10: 1760297550, ISBN-13: 9781760297558.
10.2 - The Devil's Advocate, circa 1959; A. London: Heinemann, 300 pages, 21 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0434859044, ISBN-13: 9780434859047.
10.3Daughter Of Silence, circa 1961; A. circa 1961, Heinemann, 274 pages; B. circa 1962, Pan Books, 223 pages, 8ð, ISBN-10: 0330102532, ISBN-13: 9780330102537; C. the novel was adapted and produced as a Broadway play, circa 1961: refer to Playbill, <https://www.playbill.com/production/daughter-of-silence-music-box-theatre-vault-0000002628>.
10.4 - The Shoes Of The Fisherman, circa 1963; A. circa 1963, London: William Heinemann Limited, with the imprint Heinemann; B. 1 June 1963, William Morrow And Company, ISBN-10 ‎0688024688, ISBN-13 ‎978-0688024680; C. circa 1976, London: Fontana, 256 pages; D. 1 June 1963, William Morrow And Company, ISBN-10: ‎0688024688, ISBN-13: 978-0688024680.
10.5 - The Clowns Of God, circa 1981; A. 1 May 1981, William Morrow And Company, ISBN-10 ‎0688004490, ISBN-13 ‎978-0688004491.
10.6 - Lazarus, circa 1990; A. circa 1990, New York: St. Martin's Press, 312 pages, ISBN-10: 0312 043392.
11.0 - Hal Porter, Harold Edward Porter, 16 February 1911, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia to 29 September 1984 (aged 73); three of Hal Porter'ss texts are listed directly beneath:
11.1A Handful Of Pennies, 1 January 1958the text is listed with the library of the Australian War Memorial at Canberra, but there appears to be no recent editions; A. Angus And Robertson, 218 pages, ASIN: ‎B000ODKF6W.
11.2The Tilted Cross, circa 1961; A. circa 1971, Faber and Faber, London, 266 pages, ISBN-13: 9780851792101, ISBN-10: 0851792103.
11.3 - The Watcher On The Cast-Iron Balcony, circa 1963; A. circa 1963, 
Series: University of Queensland Press non-fiction, 255 pages, 21 centimeters, ISBN: 0702225584.
12.0 - Randolph Stow, Julian Randolph Stow, 28 November 1935, Geraldton, Western Australia, to 29 May 2010 (aged 74), Harwich, Essex, England, Britain; six of Randolpg Stow's texts are listed directly beneath:
12.1 - To The Islands, circa 1958—the text is partially based on the Australian out-back, Christian Missionary, Ernest Gribble, Ernest Richard Bulmer Gribble, 23 November 1868 to 18 October 1957; the text won the 1958 Miles Franklin Award; A. refer to the more recent edition, circa 2002: xvii, 186 pages; 20 centimeters, St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, ISBN 0-7022-310-6.
12.2 - Tourmaline, circa 1963, circa 1965; A. circa 1965, MacDonald, London, 224 pages; B. circa 1983, New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 221 pages; 22 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0800877977.
12.3 - The Merry-Go-Round In The Sea, circa 1965; A. circa 1965, 
MacDonald And Company, 276 pages, ISBN-10: 0140028358.
12.4 - Visitants, circa 1979; A. circa 1981 London: Picador in association with Secker & Warburg, 182 pages, 20 centimeters, ISBN-10: 0330263781, ISBN-13: 9780330263788.
12.5The Suburbs Of Hell, circa 
1984—the novel on serial killers is titled in reference to the drama The Duchess Of Malfi, circa 1613, by John Webster: the character, Bosola says: "Security some men call the suburbs of hell / Only a dead wall between"; A. 
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 182 pages, ISBN-10: 0800874870.
12.6 - A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems, circa 1969—the text won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, circa 1969; A. circa 1969, 76 pages, paper-back, ISBN-10: 0207134065.
Figure I. A photo of the cover of the circa 1969 edition of Randolph Stow's A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems.
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Queensland, Australia; Google email: craigsjlacey@gmail.com.
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13.3 - There are 13 main points listed in this blog, with: 1.0 the title, 2.0-2.13, 3.0-3.1, 4.0-4.5, 5.0-5.9, 6.0-6.10, 7.0-7.4, 8.0-8.2, 9.0-9.2, 10.0-10.6, 11.0-11.3, 12.0-12.6, 13.0-13.3 the legal disclaimer.

Thursday, 1 June 2023

Ten Books To Read — By Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, 28 May 2023.

1.0 – Blog's Title: Ten Books To Read  By Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, 28 May 2023.
1.1 – Contents:
2.0 – 2.3: Legal Disclaimer /
3.0 – 3.6: An Introductory Comment On The List Of Ten Books /
4.0 – 4.6: The Desert Of The Tartars, 
circa 1938 by Italian author: Dino Buzzato /
5.0 – 5.2: The Abyss / French: L'Œuvre au noir, circa 1968 by Belgian-French author: Marguerite Yourcenar /
6.0 – 6.3: About A Boy, circa 1998 by British author: Nick Hornby /
7.0 – 7.4: Gallowglass, circa 1990 by crime-fiction author: Barbara Vine /
8.0 – 8.2: Norwegian Wood,ノルウェイの森, circa 1987 by Japanese author: Haruki Murakami /
9.0 – 9.2: Corporal Hitler's Pistol 15 June 2022 by Australian author: Tom Keneally /
10.0 – 10.5: I Am Legend, circa 1954, by North American author: Richard Matheson //.
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2.0 – Legal Disclaimer: This blog post is the exclusive intellectual property of Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, 4 December 1976–, Google email: craigsjlacey@gmail.com.
2.1  By way of law, no hacking, copying, editing or disseminating of the blog is permitted.
2.2 – Ten photographic reproductions, jpegs, have been used within this blog: nested as the final sub-point, each of which is used within the editorial-educational rights's context.
2.3 – Craig Steven Joseph Lacey, 4 December 1976–, Australia; 17 April 2023, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4000; Copyright 2023, Craig Steven Joseph Lacey.
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3.0 – An Introductory Comment On The List Of Ten Books: I have decided to write a list, that is of books which I have been intending to read, and to publish that list on this, my blogger site: Dont.Get.Mouthy.With.Me.
3.1 – There are many lists of must-read books nowadays, such as from Times Magazine and Le Monde, which advocate what is essential in cultural nous, but I am really writing for my-self, no-one else, and, perhaps, whoever wishes to read the same or similar books as my-self?
3.2 – My choices are often quite personal: I will mostly keep undisclosed as to the reasons why I keep confidentiality, and in any case, the sociology is of primary importance.
3.3 – Every-thing I write and publish on-line is my own: I write in total isolation at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
3.4 – I hope my blogs will be read: I have few replies and continue to be marred using technology platforms, with-out naming names of technology provider.
3.5 – The possibility of being edited and censored on the Internet from out-side of Australia, such as from Asian governmental agencies, is more realistic than I had ever considered.
3.6 – Living in such times, it is almost impossible to focus on literature, art, design and culture: I continue to do as such, as is my right.
4.0 – The Tartar Steppe / Il Deserto Dei Tartari, literally: 'The Desert Of The Tartars', also published as: The Stronghold / La Fortezza, is a text by Italian author: Dino Buzzati, first published circa 1938.
4.1 – The text was influenced by the poem of 1904: Waiting For The Barbarians by the Greek poet: Constantine P. Cavafy.
4.2 – Dino Buzzati's text was re-published: 1 November 2005 by Verba Mundi, in an English language translation; 198 pages: ISBN-10‎ 1567923046; ISBN-13‎ 978-1567923049; Item Weight‎: 9.6 ounces; Dimensions ‎5.5 x 0.61 x 8.25 inches.
4.3 – The Opposing Shore / Le Rivage des Syrtes, circa 1951 by the French author:
Julien Gracq, is based on a similar topic: Publisher José Corti; Published in English circa 1986, 353 pages.
4.4 – The novel was adapted in to a film of the same title, translated as: The Desert Of The Tartars, 29 October 1976, 140 minutes, by Italian director: Valerio Zurlini, that features the actors: Jacques Perrin as Drogo, Max von Sydow as Ortiz, Vittorio Gassman as Filimore and the film score is by Ennio Morricone.
4.5 – Dino Buzzati's text influenced the Australian–South African author: J. M. Coetzee's text of 27 October 1980, viz. 
Waiting For The Barbarians, Secker & Warburg, 156 pages; hard-cover edition; ISBN: 0-436-10295-1, but the title is borrowed from Constantine P. Cavafy's eponymous poem also.
4.6 – The book cover's art, the front of a dust jacket for the first British edition, published by Secker & Warburg, circa 1952, is displayed directly beneath:

5.0 – The Abyss / L'Œuvre Au Noir is a novel of circa 1968 by the Belgian-French author: Marguerite Yourcenar.
5.1 – The edition I researched is published by Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Ninth Printing;1 August 1981, 374 pages, ISBN 0374516669; 978-0374516666.
5.2 – The book cover's art is displayed 
directly beneath:

6.0 – About A Boy, circa 1998 is a bildungsroman text by the British author: Nick Hornby.
6.1 – The first edition: 4 May 1998, Gollancz, Britain, hard-back and paper-back, 278 pages, ISBN 0-575-06159-6.
6.2 – The title is a reference to the song: About A Girl, 2.48 minutes, released 15 June 1989, from the album Bleach, DGC label, by the American band: Nirvana.
6.3 – The book cover's art is displayed 
directly beneath:

7.0 – Gallowglass: The above text About A Boy, circa 1998 by Nick Hornby, ought to be read in conjunction with Gallowglass, circa 1990 by Barbara Vine, that is, the nom-de-plume of Ruth Rendell, the celebrated British author of the fictional crime / detective genre.
7.1 – The texts are both "British" and of the 1990s; involve a narrational perspective of a boy and focus on inter-relations with an older, male "mercenary type"; both embroiled through contractual obligations.
7.2 – The publisher is Viking, Britain; Harmony, United States of America, 1 March 1990, pages 304, ISBN 0-670-83241-3.
7.3 – Gallowglass, circa 1990 focuses on an example of the once prolific reported cases of kid-napping and ransom orders of the 1970s and 1980s through-out Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, including regions of Africa and South East Asia.
7.4 – The book cover's art is displayed 
directly beneath:

8.0 – Norwegian Wood /ノルウェイの森 / Noruwei no Mori, is a novel of circa 1987 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.
8.1 – The book's title is from Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown Away) a song by the British rock band The Beatles specifically their album of 1965: Rubber Soul.
8.2 – The book cover's art is displayed 
directly beneath:

9.0 – Corporal Hitler's Pistol: An Australian text: by the well-known Australian "Jewish / Han" author Tom Kenneally, viz. Corporal Hitler's Pistol, Winner of the 2022 ARA Group Historical Novel Prize.
9.1 – The publisher is Penguin, first edition, 15 June 2022; Paper-back; ‎352 pages; ISBN-10 ‎1760893234; ISBN-13 ‎978-1760893231; ‎19.8 x 2.6 x 13 centimeters.
9.2 – The book cover's art is displayed 
directly beneath:

10.0 – I Am Legend, circa 1954, a post-apocalyptic, horror genre text by the North American author: Richard Matheson, 320 pages; ISBN-10: 9780765357151; ISBN-13: ‎978-0765357151.
10.1 – With the macabre and haunting genres of cultural texts forming the basis of my recent research and blogging, viz. on my other blogger site: thoughtsdisjectamembra—regarding the changeling mythos—a post-apocalyptic genre of text is only feasible to list here.
10.2 – I read the text long ago, and I over-looked the recent filmic adaptation of 14 December 2007, the United States Of America, Parental Guidance-13, TV-14, directed by Francis Lawrence.
10.3 – The available cover art displays a B-grade or pulp fiction, low quality style of text: it ought to be remembered, American film director: Quentin Tarantino made "re-famous" during the 1990s, the schlock of crime and Spaghetti Western styles of such film genre: often the cringe-worthy texts are dismissed by a misguided snobbery.
10.4 – From a sociological perspective, the text is an artefact which can be analysed according to linguistics, semiotics, music and further technical factors.
10.5 – The book cover art is displayed directly beneath:

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