The principal f eature - of the April Austraian - Journai is the fitst instalment of a new threepart novel by Rett Rouget, former member of the A.I.F. and Middle East veteran. Rouget's novel is not, however, a war story., but a'nexciting drama whose eentral figure is an ex-soldier endeavouring to estafolish himself in civiiian life, while old "companions from a pre-war criminal past try to drag him back to his former "W/ays.' Filled with action, the story has the elusive quality of suspense, and should prove very popular. Other Austraiian authors re^presented are Rui Chestor, who wfites of .Oentral Australia; Catherine Shepherd, the Tasmanian gitt whose plays "are well-known to A.B.C. listeners; Blanche Maynard, with a pleasant romance about show-riders; and the adyen-i tutous Keith Douglas Young,
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 4
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126Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 4
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