The Red Hand - Stories, reflections and the last appearance of Jack Irish

Zusatztext What makes Temple so compelling is his divine use of language Informationen zum Autor Peter Temple was born in South Africa in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1980. He published nine novels, including four books in the Jack Irish series. He won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction five times, and his widely acclaimed novels were published in over twenty countries. The Broken Shore won the UK's prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel of 2007 and Truth won the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the first time a crime writer had won an award of this calibre anywhere in the world. The Jack Irish series was adapted for TV with Guy Pearce in the lead role. Peter Temple died on 8 March 2018. Klappentext Peter Temple held crime writing up to the light and, with his poet's ear and eye, made it his own incomparable thing. Zusammenfassung Peter Temple held crime writing up to the light and, with his poet's ear and eye, made it his own incomparable thing.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Temple, Temple Peter
• Publisher: Riverrun
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781529406771
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-0677-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 192 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Crime & mystery, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Australia, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Crime and mystery fiction, Literary companions, book reviews & guides