Some Doves and Pythons
1966 novel by Sumner Locke Elliott
 First US edition | |
| Author | Sumner Locke Elliott |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harper & Row (US) |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 249 |
Some Doves and Pythons is a 1966 novel by Sumner Locke Elliott.[1]
Critical reception
Martin Levin in The New York Times noted: "There are far more snakes than pigeons in Sumner Locke Elliott's SOME DOVES AND PYTHONS. Which is only natural, since the case of Mr. Elliott's taut tour de force consists of a theatrical talent agent and some of her clients, gathered for a country weekend of fun and Big Deals".[2]
In The Age Neil Jillett commented: "The merits of the new novel are those of a cynical and accurate reporter rather than of an imaginative artist. Mr. Elliott has a fastidious eyes for lapses of dress, amnners and interior decoration, a discerning ear for the nuances of drunken conversation and a talent for acid analysis. There is some tentaive effort to explore, though minor characters, the general theme of alienation, but the novel remains sunstantially the portrait of one woman. And as such it deserves the applause it is bound to receive."[3]
Notes
- Dedication: For Annie Laurie, Maurice and Lucile and others who protect and promote
References
- ^ "Some Doves and Pythons by Sumner Locke Elliott". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ ""Reader's Teport"". The New York Times, 27 february 1966. ProQuest 117085899. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ ""Portrait of a lady"". The Age, 12 November 1966, p24. ProQuest 2520667947. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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Works of Sumner Locke Elliott
- Careful, He Might Hear You (1963)
- Some Doves and Pythons (1966)
- Edens Lost (1969)
- The Man Who Got Away (1972)
- The Cow Jumped Over the Moon (1937)
- Interval (1939)
- The Little Sheep Run Fast (1940)
- Goodbye to the Music (1942)
- Your Obedient Servant (1943)
- The Invisible Circus (1946)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1948)
- Rusty Bugles (1948)
- Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1951)
- John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)
- Of Human Bondage (1949)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1949)
- The Crater (1949)
- The Rose Garden (1951)
- The Thin Air (1952)
- We Were Children (1952)
- The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953)
- Before I Wake (1953)
- Friday the 13th (1954)
- Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954)
- The Women (1955)
- Beloved Stranger (1955)
- The King and Mrs. Candle (1955)
- Daisy, Daisy (1955)
- Keyhole (1956)
- Whereabouts Unknown (1957)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1958)
- The Winslow Boy (1958)
- The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1959) (US)
- The Grey Nurse Said Nothing (1960) (Aust)
- Rusty Bugles (1965)
- Water Under the Bridge (1980)
- Rusty Bugles (1981)
- Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
- Edens Lost (1989 TV mini series)
- Crazy Family (1939)
- Tradesman's Entrance (1941)
- Jezebel's Daughter (1941)
- Grand City (1942)
- Girl of the Ballet (1942)
- The Man in the Dark (1944)
- The Army Hour (1944)
- Lily Parker (1947)
- Scarlet Rhapsody (1947)
- Wicked Is the Vine (1947)
- Ride a Cock Horse (1948)
- The Crater (1948)
- The Rose Garden (1950)
- The Thin Air (1954)
- We Were Children (1954)
- Friday the 13th (1955)
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