The Malcontenta

The Malcontenta

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author = Barry Maitland
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country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Hamish Hamilton, London
release_date = 1995
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media_type = Print Hardback & Paperback
pages = 348 pp
isbn = ISBN 0241134617 (first edition, hardback)
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"The Malcontenta" is a 1995 Ned Kelly Award winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.

Awards

*Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 1996: joint winner

Dedication

"Dedication: For Clare and Alex/With my very special thanks to Margaret, and to those people who have helped bring Brock and Cathy [sic] to print, in particular Kate Jones and Jill Hickson."

Notes

* This is the second novel in the author's "Kathy and Brock" series.
* The novel has been translated into German ("Ein Hauch von Angst", 1995), French ("La malcontenta", 2000) and Italian ("Malcontenta", 2002).
* The USA title of this novel was "The Malcontenta : a Kathy and Brock mystery"

Reviews

* "Australian Crime Fiction database" [http://www.crimedownunder.com/detail/bmmal.html]
* "Italian Mysteries" [http://italian-mysteries.com/BMA01.html]


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