Bad Debts
{{Short description|1996 novel by Peter Temple}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Bad Debts
| image = BadDebts.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Peter Temple
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| series = Jack Irish series
| genre = crime novel
| publisher = HarperCollins, Australia
| release_date = 1996
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| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 297 pp
| isbn = 0-7322-5816-2
| oclc= 38392026
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = An Iron Rose
}}
Bad Debts (1996) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.{{cite web|title= Bad Debts |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C89544|accessdate= 11 June 2023}} This is the first novel in the author's Jack Irish series.{{cite web|title= Jack Irish by Peter Temple |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C469822|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
Dedication
"For Anita and Nicholas : true believers."
Awards
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel, 1997: joint winner{{cite web|title= Previous Winners: Best Fiction |publisher= Australian Crime Writers Association|url= https://www.austcrimewriters.com/previous-winners-best-fiction|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
Publication history
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. {{cite web|title= Jack Irish Series 1 |publisher= ABC|url= https://iview.abc.net.au/show/jack-irish/series/1|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
Reviews
- Publishers Weekly{{cite web|title= Bad Debts |publisher= Publishers Weekly|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781596921290|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
- Reviewing the Evidence{{cite web|title= Bad Debts |publisher= Reviewing the Evidence|url= http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/review.html?id=6771|accessdate= 11 June 2023}}
References
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Category:1996 Australian novels
Category:Novels by Peter Temple
Category:Novels set in Melbourne
Category:Ned Kelly Award–winning works
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