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| Author | Chloe Hooper |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Publication date | March 19, 2002 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 238 |
| ISBN | 0-7432-2512-0 |
A Child's Book of True Crime is a novel by Australian author Chloe Hooper, published in 2001 by Penguin. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Summary
Kate is a young schoolteacher working in a small community in Tasmania. She begins an affair with the parent of one of her students. Some chapters tell an alternate version of the same story, a murder investigation written in the style of a children's book.
Reception
A Child's Book of True Crime received mostly positive reviews. The Guardian gave the novel an average rating of 8 out of 10 based on reviews from multiple British newspapers. The Guardian described it as "a Russian doll of a novel" and praised it as "beguiling", while The New Yorker said it was "suspenseful and self-conscious". The A.V. Club gave a mixed review, stating that the short book is "padded by redundant passages", while saying parts of the book were "vivid and witty".
A Child's Book of True Crime was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2002.
References
- "Review: A Child's Book of True Crime". The Guardian. 2 March 2002. p. 415. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Darnell, Lisa (23 February 2002). "Not in front of the kids". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- "A Child's Book of True Crime". The New Yorker. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- Murray, Noel (3 April 2002). "Chloe Hooper: A Child's Book of True Crime". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- "A Child's Book of True Crime". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
External links
- A Child's Book of True Crime at Penguin
- A Child's Book of True Crime at the author's website