Bad Debts Explained
Bad Debts |
Author: | Peter Temple |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Series: | Jack Irish series |
Genre: | crime novel |
Publisher: | HarperCollins, Australia |
Release Date: | 1996 |
Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
Pages: | 297 pp |
Isbn: | 0-7322-5816-2 |
Oclc: | 38392026 |
Followed By: | An Iron Rose |
Bad Debts (1996) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.[1] This is the first novel in the author's Jack Irish series.[2]
Dedication
"For Anita and Nicholas : true believers."
Awards
Publication history
- Also published in USA (in 2005 by MacAdam/Cage), in Canada (in 2006 by Anchor Canada), in the UK (in 2007 by Quercus) and in the Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition (in 2002 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.[1]
Television adaptation
- This novel was adapted into an Australian television movie Jack Irish: Bad Debts in 2016, which was directed by Jeffrey Walker, from a script by Peter Temple, and featuring Guy Pearce in the lead role. [4]
Reviews
Notes and References
- Web site: Bad Debts . Austlit. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: Jack Irish by Peter Temple . Austlit. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: Previous Winners: Best Fiction . Australian Crime Writers Association. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: Jack Irish Series 1 . ABC. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: Bad Debts . Publishers Weekly. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: Bad Debts . Reviewing the Evidence. 11 June 2023.