Dead Point

{{Short description|2000 novel by Peter Temple}}

{{about|the novel by Peter Temple|the headland and associated Indian reserve in British Columbia, Canada|New Vancouver}}

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| series = Jack Irish series

| genre = crime novel

| publisher = Bantam, Australia

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| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages = 275 pp

| isbn = 1-86325-222-3

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Dead Point (2000) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.{{cite web|title= Dead Point by Peter Temple|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/566302 |access-date= 24 November 2024}} This is the third novel in the author's Jack Irish series.{{cite web|title= Austlit — Jack irish series by Peter Temple |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C469822|access-date= 24 November 2024}}

Dedication

"For Gerhard and Karin, dear friends, for all the good times: Kom dans, Klaradyn."

Awards

Notes

This novel has also been published in the UK (in 2008 by Quercus as part of Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Omnibus) and in the Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition (in 2001 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.

Reviews

  • "Australian Crime Fiction Database" [http://www.crimedownunder.com/detail/ptdeapoi.html]
  • "epinions" [http://www.epinions.com/review/Dead_Point_Library_Edition_no_author_listed/content_212087115396]
  • "Petrona" [http://petrona.typepad.com/petrona/2008/05/img-altdead-point-classat-xid-6a00d8341c93ee53ef00e5521751f98833-srchttppetronatypepadcoma6a00d8341c93ee53ef00e5521751f98833-320pi.html]
  • "Tangled Web" [http://www.twbooks.co.uk/reviews/bcornwell/bcdeadpoihbk08.html]

References

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{{Ned Kelly Award – Best Novel}}

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Category:2000 Australian novels

Category:Novels by Peter Temple

Category:Novels set in Melbourne

Category:Ned Kelly Award–winning works

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