Bad Debts
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
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel, 1997: joint winner[3]
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
- Publishers Weekly[5]
- Reviewing the Evidence[6]
References
- ^ a b "Bad Debts". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Jack Irish by Peter Temple". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Jack Irish Series 1". ABC. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Bad Debts". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Bad Debts". Reviewing the Evidence. Retrieved 11 June 2023.