A Sound of Lightning

A Sound of Lightning
	First US edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Language	English
Publisher	Collins (UK); William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1976
Publication place	Australia

Last updated November 21, 2025

A Sound of Lightning is a 1976 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary ^[1]^[2] and set in Montana.^[3]

Cleary lived in Montana for several months to research the book.^[4]

References

↑ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
↑ "TIMBER, COPPER". The Canberra Times . 18 December 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 18 October 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ www.kirkusreviews.com Retrieved 2015-11-19.
↑ Ruskin, Pamela (12 April 1975). "The little bloke who reached the top". The Age. p. 19.

External links

The novel was serialised in 6 parts in The Australian Women's Weekly – Part 1, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
National Library of Australia - A Sound of Lightning

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[Vagg-1] Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive

[2] "TIMBER, COPPER". The Canberra Times . 18 December 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 18 October 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[3] www.kirkusreviews.com Retrieved 2015-11-19.

[4] Ruskin, Pamela (12 April 1975). "The little bloke who reached the top". The Age. p. 19.

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