The Tilted Cross
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| Author | Hal Porter |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber, London |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 266 pp |
| Preceded by | A Handful of Pennies |
| Followed by | The Right Thing |
The Tilted Cross (1961) is a novel by Australian author Hal Porter.[1]
The novel is set in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1845–46. It follows the last few months in the life of Judas Griffin Vaneleigh, a transported forger and suspected poisoner.
Critical reception
A reviewer in The Canberra Times was not as enthusiastic as some of his colleagues: "Porter's baroque style gives his wordage full play. He spins his words like a thick spider's web and in the depths of the web he sets an evil collection of characters . . . They move dimly and poisonously in the mess of words like red-back spiders stirring in a thick web in a dark corner."[2]