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Main Author: Temple, Peter, 1946-2018
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Edition:1st American ed.
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Police > Australia > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Mystery fiction. > Australia
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Item Description:Originally published: Australia : Text Publishing Company, 2009.
Physical Description:386 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780374279370 (alk. paper)
0374279373 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Peter Temple was born in South Africa in 1946. In 1979, he moved to Australia to work as education editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He taught at Charles Sturt University and later at RMIT. In 1982, he edited the magazine Australian Society. He became a full-time writer in the 1990s.

He wrote nine novels including the Jack Irish series, which was adapted into a television show. He won the Gold Dagger in 2007 for The Broken Shore, the Miles Franklin award in 2010 for Truth, and five Ned Kelly awards. He died from cancer on March 8, 2018 at the age of 71.

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