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    The Drowned Man: A True Story of Life, Death and Murder on HMAS Australia

    By Brendan James Murray

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    A chance encounter in a fish-’n’-chip shop set Brendan Murray on the trail of a mystery. Had a gay man been secretly murdered on HMAS Australia during the Second World War?The veteran he spoke to was certain. ‘I knew about it,’ he said. ‘We all did.’But was the story true? If so, who was the dead man? And why was it so hard to find out?The Drowned Man is a search for the answer, almost stymied by cover-up and silence. In the end, it brings us to the lies that have shrouded our understanding of war, and especially of war at sea.As one of the survivors poignantly says, ‘I want to pass it on to the next generation. What it was like. What it was really like.’A work of kaleidoscopic intensity by a strong new Australian voice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEcho Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2016
    ISBN9781760401214
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    The Drowned Man: A True Story of Life, Death and Murder on HMAS Australia
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    Brendan James Murray

    Brendan James Murray lives with his partner, Greta, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula and teaches in a large government school. His first book The Drowned Man: A True Story of Life, Death and Murder on HMAS Australia has been shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards in the Best True Crime section.

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