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

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Brendan James Murray ISBN: 9781760401214
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Australia Publication: July 1, 2016
Imprint: Echo Publishing Language: English
Author: Brendan James Murray
ISBN: 9781760401214
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Australia
Publication: July 1, 2016
Imprint: Echo Publishing
Language: English

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.

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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.

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