The Fall of an Eagle
 First UK edition | |
| Author | Jon Cleary |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 255 |
The Fall of an Eagle is a 1965[1] novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary set in Anatolia. The hero is an American engineer building a dam.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Allen Glover in The Sydney Morning Herald had some problems with the novel: "Mr Cleary is a good storyteller and his tale holds together well, even if some of his techniques are somewhat old-fashioned. For instance, he still clings to authorial omnipotence, reading his characters' thoughts as well as observing their actions and recording their speech...Mr Cleary seems to have devised his plot carefully and then asked a theatrical agency to provide him with stock characters to appear in the various roles."[3]
Film adaptation
[edit]At one stage producer Audrey Baring was going to make a movie out of the book but although Cleary did a script none was made.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Not necessarily Turkish delight". The Canberra Times. 22 May 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Cleary looks to Turkey"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 1965, p15. ProQuest 2525295657. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
External links
[edit]- The Fall of an Eagle at AustLit (subscription required)