 First edition | |
| Author | David Ireland |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson, Australia |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 379 pp |
| Preceded by | The Chantic Bird |
| Followed by | The Flesheaters |
The Unknown Industrial Prisoner (1971) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author David Ireland.[1]
In 1978 a film version was planned, to be produced by Richard Mason and directed by Arch Nicholson, with Ken Cameron also working on it. Funding was from Film Australia. However, the Minister for Home Affairs Bob Ellicott cancelled the film on the grounds it was uncommercial, a rare instance of political interference in the Australian film industry.[2][3]
- ^ Austlit - The Unknown Industrial Prisoner by David Ireland
- ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p16
- ^ Rod Bishop & Peter Beilby, "Ken Cameron", Cinema Papers, March–April 1979 p 258