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1978 novel by Jon Cleary For other novels, see Vortex (disambiguation) § Books.

Vortex
First UK edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Publisher	Collins (UK) William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1978
Publication place	Australia

Vortex is a 1978 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about a tornado attack on a Missouri small town. Cleary wrote a screenplay based on it but no movie resulted.

References

Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
"CREDIBLE MURDER AND A TORNADO". The Canberra Times. 11 February 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

The novel was serialised in 6 parts in the Australian Woman's Weekly – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Vortex at AustLit (subscription required)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	These Small Glories (1946) (short stories) You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)
1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)
1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)
1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)
2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films

Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
Scobie Malone (1975)
High Road to China (1983)

Radio

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