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The Place at Whitton (1964) is the first novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally. [1] Story outline. The novel is set in a large seminary where, in eight weeks' time, 200 young men are to be ordained as Catholic priests. Then preparations are interrupted by the murders of one of the lay labourers and the scholarly rector. Critical reception.
- 219pp
- Cassell, London
- 1964
- Thomas Keneally
This short, first novel by Thomas Keneally deftly explores the aftermath of this first murder and how it affects the monastic community. As the investigation reaches into the secular world, the Whitton President and police must quell the hysteria from within the monastery and the suspicions circling in the wider community to uncover the truth.
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Someone had battered him about the head and then strangled him with a noose of thin rope.When a man is found brutally murdered in Whitton's monastery, Dr Stenner, Whitton's president, is...
As Father Stenner, Whitton's President, put it, 'a garish killing in a place for aspirants to the priesthood is, by the world's standards, an exotic crime.' Father Stenner's forebodings were,...
2 giu 2014 · The Place at Whitton Kindle Edition. by Tom Keneally (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.1 12 ratings. See all formats and editions. Audiobook. $0.00 Free with your Audible trial. Hardcover. $25.19 3 New from $22.70. Tom Keneally's first novel, a psychological mystery, was published after his time in a seminary.
- Tom Keneally
2 giu 2014 · When a man is found brutally murdered in Whitton's monastery, Dr Stenner, Whitton's president, is horrified. Could it possibly be the work of one of his priests? A nightmare begins as another brazen killing follows. The murderer appears to be a madman.
