Language English Publication date 1967 Originally published 1967 Preceded by Black Lightning | Publisher Heinemann, London Pages 315 pp Followed by The Half-Burnt Tree | |
Media type Print Hardback & Paperback Similar The Half‑Burnt Tree, A bough in hell, The Sun in Exile, Black Lightning, Picnic Races | ||
The Sun is Not Enough (1967) is a novel by Australian writer Dymphna Cusack.
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Plot summary
Martin Belford is a wealthy solicitor who lives with his sister Alice. Their world is disturbed when Carl von Rendt, an escaped Yugoslav war criminal, moves in next door. Carl is kidnapped by the Belford's gardener and charwoman with the intention of returning him to Europe to face justice. Martin and Alice discover the plot and have to decide if the kidnapping is justified or if Carl should be set free.
Reviews
Helen Brown in The Canberra Times found much to enjoy in the book but also had reservations: "Miss Cusack's latest novel seems to me one of her best; readable as always and enjoyable because of the human warmth of its author...The Sun Is Not Enough is wholesome fare, a home grown thriller. It would make a good escapist film. But the flavour of truth is almost lost in the chunks of fat and gristle."
In a short review in The Western Herald the reviewer noted the book is "a warning of neo-Nazism spreading like a cancer within its unsuspecting host society, and events move fast and tension mounts to a dramatic climax as Dymphna Cusack's powerful story unfolds."