Helga's Web
 First UK edition | |
| Author | Jon Cleary |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Scobie Malone series |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Preceded by | The High Commissioner |
| Followed by | Ransom |
Helga's Web was a 1970 novel by Australian author Jon Cleary, the second to feature his detective hero Scobie Malone.[1][2]
Cleary did not originally intend to use the character again but wanted to write about the construction of the new Sydney Opera House and thought the detective could be a good way to access that.[3]
Reception
[edit]The London Daily Telegraph called it "absorbing to the end."[4]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it a "first class, exciting, immensely readable thriller."[5]
Adaptation
[edit]The novel was adapted into a film as Scobie Malone (1975).
References
[edit]- ^ "Three novels well worth reading". The Canberra Times. 22 August 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Ruskin, Pamela (12 April 1975). "The little bloke who reached the top". The Age. p. 19.
- ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ "Criminal records". The Daily Telegraph. 2 July 1970. p. 9.
- ^ Pringle, John Douglas (8 August 1970). "A body in the Opera House". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 22.
External links
[edit]- Helga's Web at AustLit (subscription required)