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Gallions Reach (novel)

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First edition (US)

Gallions Reach (1927) is a novel by H.M.Tomlinson first published by Heinemann in the UK and by Harper & Brothers in the US. The book was Tomlinson's debut novel.[1] It was republished by Penguin Books in 1952. It is a literary crime novel, initially set in London, before moving to Malaya.[2] It is notable in that Tomlinson uses real streets and locations for settings.

The protagonist, Jimmy Colet, commits a serious crime near the start of the novel, and, despite originally intending to give himself up, leaves London by ship soon afterwards.

Tomlinson uses the stream-of-consciousness technique throughout the novel.

References

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  1. ^ Mayer, Frederick P. (1928). "H. M. Tomlinson: The Eternal Youth". Virginia Quarterly Review. 4 (1): 72–82. JSTOR 26434225.
  2. ^ Baldick, Chris, Literature of the 1920s : Writers among the Ruins. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2012 ISBN 9780748627301 (p. 15).
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