Fever (Thwaites novel)

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Fever
Author F. J. Thwaites
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherF. J. Thwaites
Publication date
1939

Fever is a 1939 novel by F. J. Thwaites. [1] [2]

Thwaites researched it on a trip to the Pacific Islands with his wife. [3]

Contents

Plot

Two young men become medical researchers and go to work in Africa.

Radio

The novel was serialised for Australian radio in 1940. Announcer Si Meredith read out extracts from the novel over a number of episodes. [4]

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References

  1. "Tropical Drama". The Australasian . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1940. p. 35. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. "Bohemia", Bohemia : the all-Australian literary magazine. (Tenth Issue (January 1940)), Melbourne: Bohemia, nla.obj-3090330884, retrieved 9 March 2024 via Trove
  3. "MRS. THWAITES BRINGS FASHION NEWS". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. "New Noon-time Serial On 2UE", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (41 (December 30, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-729751072, retrieved 9 March 2024 via Trove