The City of Fading Light

The City of Fading Light

First UK edition
Author Jon Cleary
Country Australia
Language English
Publisher Collins (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1985

The City of Fading Light is a 1985 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about a Hollywood actress who tries to rescue her Jewish mother from 1939 Berlin. The book features Sean Carmody, the character from his earlier novel The Sundowners.[1][2]

Cleary researched the novel on a trip to Berlin with his family and based the plot on a real British plan to assassinate Hitler prior to the war.[3][4]

References

  1. "BOOKCASE New life for 'Sundowner' character.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1985. p. 29. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Beaton, improver on nature.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1986. p. 6 Section: Section B. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. "Research half the pleasure of writing, says Geary.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1985. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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