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Burn, And Other Stories
''Burn, and Other Stories'' is 1993 Australian collection of stories by Peter Corris Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-w ... featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. It was the 16th book in the series. Reception ''The Canberra Times'' wrote the collection "shows that Peter Corris is equally at home with the short story as he is with the novel... Well-plotted so it is not easy to guess the twist in the tail, and well-written, I found it hard to nominate a favourite, but I opt for "The House of Ruby", in which a con on a Sydney hoodlum is perpetrated by Hardy and his brothel mates." External links''Burn and Other Causes''at AustLit See also * 1993 in Australian literature References {{reflist 1993 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Corris
Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing", particularly for his Cliff Hardy novels. Biography Corris' secondary school education was at Melbourne High School. He was a Bachelor level student at the University of Melbourne, then gained a Master of Arts in history at Monash University. He studied at the Australian National University where he was awarded a PhD in history on the topic of the South Seas Islander slave trade (Kanakas). He continued these studies as a university lecturer, but later became a journalist, being a literary editor of the ''National Times''. He recalled "I got sick of the literary editor shit. I got fucking sick of new books, beautiful new hardbacks flowing in every week in their dust covers, filling the cupboard up. For the first year or so I though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Hardy (character)
Cliff Hardy is a fictional Australian private eye created by Peter Corris. He was first introduced in the 1980 novel '' The Dying Trade'' and featured in over 40 novels and short story collections. He was played by Bryan Brown in the 1983 film '' The Empty Beach''. Corris later recalled: It was really just to imitate Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald and see if I could. I’d tried a historical novel based on my PHD thesis and about 18 different publishers rejected it. So I had this idea. I’d been reading Chandler and MacDonald recreationally for years, and I thought, well, I’d try this. I felt like I really knew how they worked and what the formula was like and what changes you could make. I thought, Sydney, San Francisco, LA, I felt like there was a symbiosis there and figured, have a go at what you know you can write. Imitation was the stimulus. But after a few books, I felt I had an individual voice and the confidence to play around with the formula, say what I wanted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen And Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990 Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins, and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. George Allen & Unwin in the UK George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 when it merged with Swan Sonnenschein and then George Allen & Unwin on 4 August 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Frank Arthur Mumby and Frances Helena Swan Stallybrass, Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and his nephew Philip helped him to run the company, which published works by Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of The Dog (novel)
''Beware of the Dog'' is 1992 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. It was the 15th book in the series. Reception The ''Canberra Times'' said it " concluded with the most graphic violence in that series so far." ''The Sydney Sun Herald'' wrote "Corris is in fine form... overall a good read." See also * 1992 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1992. Events * Tim Winton won the Miles Franklin Award for ''Cloudstreet'' Major publications Novels * Thea Astley – '' Vanishing Po ... References {{reflist 1992 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrimonial Causes
''Matrimonial Causes'' is 1993 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. It was the 17th book in the series. It explores Hardy's first case. Reception ''The Canberra Times'' wrote "The private-eye novels of Corris are shorter than those of Dashiell Hammett, his apparent model, and therefore less tedious; but if you are looking for a touch of Raymond Chandler imaginativeness or elegance of design then look elsewhere." External links''Matrimonial Causes''at AustLit See also * 1993 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993. Events * Alex Miller (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for '' The Ancestor Game'' Major publications Novels * Bryce Court ... References {{reflist 1993 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being '' The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993. Events * Alex Miller (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for '' The Ancestor Game'' Major publications Novels * Bryce Courtenay — '' April Fool's Day'' * Liam Davison – ''Soundings'' * Fotini Epanomitis – ''The Mule's Foal'' * Rodney Hall — '' The Grisly Wife'' * Dorothy Hewett — ''The Toucher'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' The Georges' Wife'' * Thomas Keneally – '' Jacko'' * David Malouf — '' Remembering Babylon'' * Roger McDonald — '' Water Man'' * Frank Moorhouse — '' Grand Days'' * John A. Scott – '' What I Have Written'' * Madeleine St John — '' The Women in Black'' * Morris West — '' The Lovers'' Crime and mystery * Jon Cleary – '' Bleak Spring'' * Peter Corris ** ''Browning Battles On'' ** ''Burn, and Other Stories'' ** ''Cross Off'' ** '' Matrimonial Causes'' * Garry Disher – ''Deathdeal'' * Jennifer Rowe – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Australian Novels
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to the Eastern Hemisphere side of the International Date Line, skipping August 21, 1993. Events January * January 1 ** Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. ** The European Economic Community eliminates trade barriers and creates a European single market. ** International Radio and Television Organization ceases. * January 3 – In Moscow, Presidents George H. W. Bush (United States) and Boris Yeltsin (Russia) sign the START II, second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. * January 5 ** US$7.4 million is stolen from the Brink's Armored Car Depot in Rochester, New York, in the fifth largest robbery in U.S. history. ** , a Liberian-reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
