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Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith reviews 'Crime of Silence' and 'The Unquiet Night' by Patricia Carlon

December 2002-January 2003, no. 247 01 December 2002
It is the fashion, when discussing Patricia Carlon’s thrillers, to claim that she has been shamefully ignored in her home country. So what? If Miss Carlon (1927–2002) had been a genius of the running track or swimming pool and couldn’t get a gig in the Australian Olympic team, that would be a scandal. But she was a writer. She was ignored. What else is new? What we really want to know is whe ... (read more)