The Year of the Angry Rabbit

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TitleThe Year of the Angry Rabbit
Year for Search1964
AuthorsBraddon, Russell [Reading](1921-95)
PublisherHeinemann
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustralian author, English author, Male author
Annotation

Satire in which Australian scientists discover a biological weapon that the Prime Minister uses to force world peace and Australian economic and political dominance of the world. 
Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1965. Partially serialized in Australian Women's Weekly 32.21 - 23 (October 21 - November 4, 1964): 19, 55, 59-60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 92-99; 33, 38, 46, 48-49, 51, 53-58, 66, 69-72, 74; 38, 47, 51, 55, 63, 65-66, 68-71, 77.
Info Notes

The novel was made into a film, Night of the Lepus (1972), with a screenplay by Don Halliday and Gene R. Kearney and directed by William F. Claxton (1914-96).
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1921-95) was born in Australia but lived in England from 1949 until his death.
Full Text

1964 Braddon, Russell [Reading] (1921-95). The Year of the Angry Rabbit. London: Heinemann. U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1965. Partially serialized in Australian Women’s Weekly 32.21 - 23 (October 21 - November 4, 1964): 19, 55, 59-60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 92-99; 33, 38, 46, 48-49, 51, 53-58, 66, 69-72, 74; 38, 47, 51, 55, 63, 65-66, 68-71, 77. A, M

Satire in which Australian scientists discover a biological weapon that the Prime Minister uses to force world peace and Australian economic and political dominance of the world. The novel was made into a film, Night of the Lepus (1972), directed by William F. Claxton (1914-96) and with a screenplay by Don Halliday and Gene R. Kearney. The author was born in Australia but lived in England from 1949 until his death.