A Very Private War

A Very Private War is a 1980 novel by Australian writer Jon Cleary about coastwatchers during World War II.[1]

A Very Private War
First UK edition
AuthorJon Cleary
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCollins (Australia/UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1980

Plot

Mullane, an American coast watcher in New Britain, goes on a mission to uncover the camouflage of the airstrip of a Japanese base. He is accompanied by an Australian officer and captured Japanese officer. Mullane gets the chance to avenge the death of his Japanese wife, killed prior to the war.[2][3]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "Cleary is neither a stylist nor a profound writer. He is essentially a storyteller, and very good one, most at home in the fields of action and adventure, as A Very Private War demonstrates", calling it "a straightforward, uncomplicated tale of wartime derring-do."[4]

References

  1. "SATISFYING ESCAPISM". The Canberra Times. 22 November 1980. p. 18. Retrieved 18 October 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Warga, Wayne (4 July 1980). "AUTHOR! AUTHOR!: UPWARDLY PROLIFIC DOWN UNDER". Los Angeles Times. p. e2.
  3. "TIMESTYLE". The Canberra Times. 19 July 1981. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Harriott, Gary (31 May 1980). "A VERY PRIVATE WAR by Jon Cleary Collins, $14.95". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 21.


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