Bad Debts
 First edition | |
| Author | Peter Temple |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jack Irish series |
| Genre | crime novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, Australia |
Publication 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. This is the first novel in the author's Jack Irish series.
Dedication[]
"For Anita and Nicholas : true believers."
Awards[]
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel, 1997: joint winner
Notes[]
- 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.
- Adapted into an Australian television movie Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Reviews[]
- "Australian Crime Fiction Database" [1]
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Categories:
- 1996 Australian novels
- Novels by Peter Temple
- Novels set in Melbourne
- Ned Kelly Award-winning works
- HarperCollins books
- 1996 debut novels
- 1990s crime novel stubs