 First edition | |
| Author | Peter Temple |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Jack Irish series |
| Genre | crime novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, Australia |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| 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
Publication history
- 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.
Television adaptation
- This novel was adapted into an Australian television movie Jack Irish: Bad Debts in 2016, which was directed by Jeffrey Walker, from a script by Peter Temple, and featuring Guy Pearce in the lead role.
Reviews
- Publishers Weekly
- Reviewing the Evidence
References
- ^ "Bad Debts". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- "Jack Irish by Peter Temple". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- "Jack Irish Series 1". ABC. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- "Bad Debts". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- "Bad Debts". Reviewing the Evidence. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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