Bad Debts

Bad Debts

infobox Book |
name = Bad Debts


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author = Peter Temple
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = Australia
language = English
series = Jack Irish series
genre = crime novel
publisher = HarperCollins, Australia
release_date = 1996
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 297 pp
isbn = ISBN 0732258162
preceded_by =
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

This novel has also been published in USA (in 2005 by MacAdam/Cage), in Canada (in 2006 by Anchor Canada), in the UK (in 2007 by Quercus) and in Holland, in a Dutch language edition (in 2002 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.

Reviews

* "Australian Crime Fiction Database" [http://www.crimedownunder.com/detail/ptbaddeb.html]


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