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Publisher |
Date |
Issue Points - Notes |
| The Long Reach |
Robert Hale |
1956 |
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| Trader Brook |
Robert Hale |
1957 |
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| Volcano |
Robert Hale |
1958 |
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| The Purple Sheba |
Robert Hale |
1959 |
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| The Death Masque |
Robert Hale |
1962 |
Black cloth, green and silver titles
Dustwrapper
priced 10/6
Published in the US 1962 by Roy |
Dust Jacket Artist: Sadly, unknown
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Kenneth Hayles ~ Author Biography
KENNETH HAYLES was born in the Isle of Wight in 1923 and
earned his first reward for literary effort at the age of twenty with h
is radio play Abandon Aircraft. Since then he has found success in a
variety of mediums and has been responsible for the screenplays of more
than a dozen British films. It was not until 1956 however that his first
novel was published. This was The Long Reach, an Australian story
written after a three year sojourn in that country. The radio rights for
this book have since been acquired by the BBC. Of himself and his work
he says : "I belong to the school of writers who believe the primary
purpose of the novel is to entertain.
This may appear an excuse
for a lack of profundity, but I don't think so. I possess no tortured
soul that screams for expression. The simple truth is that I thoroughly
enjoy the adventure of writing adventure." And adventure is not confined
to his writing. Despite the loss of an arm at the age of eighteen,
Kenneth Hayles has a healthy appetite for life. He is an inveterate
traveller, preferring it rough. His hobbies include motoring, golf,
shooting and fishing.
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