The Broken Shore

The Broken Shore
	Softcover edition
Author	Peter Temple
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Crime fiction
Publisher	Text Publishing, Australia
Publication date	2005
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	345 pp
ISBN	1-920885-77-3
OCLC	62116825
Followed by	Truth

The Broken Shore (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.

Synopsis[]

The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is posted to his hometown Port Munro, where he begins the process of rebuilding the old family mansion and his physical and mental strength. Against a background of family tragedy, politics, police corruption and racism, he investigates the death of a wealthy local man, Charles Burgoyne. His closest friend and police superior is Villani, who is the central character in Truth.

Style[]

Written by the award-winning author Peter Temple, the book continues with his trademark stark, staccato dialogue, where superfluous words are removed and the meaning of each sentence must be dug out. In a typical example of Temple's flourish he describes a nearby derelict town as “hardcore [where] – the unemployed, under-employed, unemployable, the drunk and doped, the old-age pensioners, people on all kinds of welfare, the halt, the lame".

Awards[]

Crime Writers' Association (UK), The Duncan Lawrie Dagger, 2007: winner
Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2006: longlisted
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Australian General Fiction Book of the Year, 2006: winner
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2006: joint winner
Colin Roderick Award, 2005: winner

Interviews[]

Time Out New York[1]

Reviews[]

"The Age" [2]
"Daily Telegraph" [3]^{[dead link]}
"Detectives Beyond Borders" Part 1 [4], Part 2 [5]
Island Volume 104 [6] accessed 2007-08-13
"Light Reading" [7]
"Mostly Fiction" [8]
"Reading Matters" [9]
"The Times" [10]

Telemovie[]

The Broken Shore was adapted for television by writer Andrew Knight.^[1] It was produced by Ian Collie and Andrew Knight and directed by Rowan Woods. With Don Hany in the lead, it was filmed in Melbourne, Portland, Port Fairy and Port Campbell National Park.^[2]

The movie had its world premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 15 October 2013.^[3] It aired on the ABC on 2 February 2014.^[4] It stars Australian actors Don Hany, Claudia Karvan, and Anthony Hayes.

Cast[]

Don Hany as Detective Joe Cashin
Damon Herriman as Jamie Burgouyne
Claudia Karvan as Helen Castleman
Erik Thomson as Steve Villani
Anthony Hayes as Hopgood
Dan Wyllie as Dave Rebb
Robyn Nevin as Cecily Addison
Tony Briggs as Paul Dove
Wayne Blair as Bobby Walshe
Noni Hazlehurst as Sybil Cashin
Catherine McClements as Erica Burgouyne
Mitchell Butel as Liam
Rick Tonna as Ray Sarris
Jackson Tozer as T.V Journalist
Xavier West as Young Joe Cashin

References[]

^ Andrew Knight adapting The Broken Shore If.com.au
^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/04/abc-announces-top-cast-for-the-broken-shore.html^{[bare URL]}
^ The Broken Shore Adelaide Film Festival
^ ABC announces top cast TV Tonight

External links[]

The Broken Shore at IMDb

[1] Andrew Knight adapting The Broken Shore If.com.au

[2] ttp://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/04/abc-announces-top-cast-for-the-broken-shore.html^{[bare URL]}

[3] The Broken Shore Adelaide Film Festival

[4] ABC announces top cast TV Tonight

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