The Day We Had Hitler Home
 First edition | |
| Author | Rodney Hall |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Picador, Australia |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 351 pp |
| ISBN | 0-330-36198-8 |
| OCLC | 45585099 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.H285 D39 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Island in the Mind |
| Followed by | The Last Love Story |
The Day We Had Hitler Home is a 2000 novel by the Australian author Rodney Hall.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
In 1919 a young German soldier, blinded by gas, joins the wrong queue of evacutees. He is also unable to speak and so cannot tell anyone his name, private first-class Adolf Hitler. As a result he mistakenly boards a steamer headed for Australia.
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2001: shortlisted[2]
- ALS Gold Medal, 2001: winner[3]
Critical reception[edit]
Joanna Giffiths in The Observer noted that the book "jerks the reader to attention by depositing Hitler into the plot, only to recede into opaque twists and obscuring quirkiness."[4]
Publication history[edit]
After the novel's initial publication by Picador in Australia in 2000[5] it was then published as follows:
It was also translated into Portuguese (2001) and Spanish (2002).[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Austlit - The Day We Had Hitler Home". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Rodney Hall OAM". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Austlit - The Day We Had Hitler Home - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ ""G'day, Adolf, fancy a tinny?"". The Observer, 29 April 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "The Day We Had Hitler Home (Picador)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "The Day We Had Hitler Home (Granta)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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