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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] |
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] |
The Greenwich Apartments
''The Greenwich Apartments'' is 1986 Australian novel 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. Premise Hardy investigates the murder of a filmmaker. Reception The ''Canberra Times'' wrote "Corris displays an enviable assurance, economy of movement and keen familiarity with his Sydney locales." Adaptations The novel was read on radio in 1986. See also * 1986 in Australian literature References {{reflist 1986 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Control (novel)
''Gun Control'' is 2015 Australian novel 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 40th in the series. Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote that in the novel "we're off to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, about which Hardy 'like most Sydneysiders', is ambivalent: 'We're glad they're there but, with snow in the winter, searing heat in the summer and no significant sports venues, we feel it's a kind of foreign territory to be visited very selectively.' These are the kinds of passing comments about people and place that have always been the real delight of these books." References {{reflist External links 2015 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Kill (novel)
''Silent Kill'' is 2014 Australian novel 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 39th in the series. Premise Cliff Hardy is hired to be bodyguard of a politician. Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "Corris has always had his finger on the political pulse but never more so than in this Hardy outing, which manages to resonate both with the political impulses of a whistleblower in the Assange mode, and the more recent ICAC inquiry into government corruption in New South Wales. This is the best kind of crime fiction, holding a mirror up to the muddled times in which we live to reveal a not altogether flattering reflection." References {{reflist External links 2014 Australian novels Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dunbar Case
''The Dunbar Case'' is 2013 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. Premise Cliff Hardy is hired by an academic to find the ancesator of a man connected with the Dunbar wreck. Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "Family feuds, career criminals, missing diamonds, buried treasure, attractive (older) women: there's never, ever a dull moment and Corris keeps it moving in his lively, economical prose. Like the crime meister that he is, Corris makes it all appear so easy." See also * 2013 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2013. Events * James Ley (literary critic), James Ley launches the ''Sydney Review of Books'' to provide "an opportunity for Australia's crit ... References {{reflist External links 2013 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Water (Corris Novel)
''Deep Water'' is a 2009 novel in the Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris. In April 2009, The Independent Weekly called ''Deep Water'' "a web of intrigue". Deep Water is the thirty fourth novel in the series, whose protagonist has been called "Sydney’s best-known private investigator" In 2009, Corris won the Ned Kelly Award for ''Deep Water'' in the fiction category. The Cliff Hardy series had been thought to end with the previous novel, ''Open File An open file in chess is a with no pawns of either color on it. In the diagram, the e-file is an open file. An open file can provide a line of attack for a rook or queen. Having rooks or queens on open files or half-open files is considered ...''. Corris stated ''Open File'' was last in the series and its release would conclude 28 years of work on the series. However, ''Deep Water'' begins with Hardy in recovery after having open-heart surgery. This is reflective of the series, which was itself recovering from a premature ret ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Aftershock (novel)
''Afershock'' is 1991 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. Reception ''The Canberra Times'' wrote the book "displays all the skills most of us would like to learn in life, let alone practise in fiction. The book is fluent, succinct, confident, economical and ironic." See also * 1991 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991. Events * David Malouf won the Miles Franklin Award for ''The Great World'' Major publications Novels * Peter Carey — '' The ... References {{reflist 1991 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wet Graves
''Wet Graves'' is 1991 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. Reception ''The Canberra Times'' wrote "The book has just enough twists, just enough jokes and just enough bit parts to keep it entertaining." See also * 1991 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991. Events * David Malouf won the Miles Franklin Award for ''The Great World'' Major publications Novels * Peter Carey — '' The ... References {{reflist External links 1991 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Fear
''O'Fear'' is 1990 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy. It was the first Hardy novel after a break of a few years. The novel was read out on ABC radio in 1990 with John Derum as Hardy and Linda Cropper as Felicia Todd. Premise Cliff Hardy investigates the death of a friend. Reception ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "a very good, solid murder thriller." ''The Chicago Tribune'' wrote "the writing is lively and professional but the result is a mildly engaging tale that could have happened anywhere." See also * 1990 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1990. Events * Tom Flood won the Miles Franklin Award for '' Oceana Fine'' Major publications Novels * Glenda Adams — '' Longleg'' * ... References {{reflist External links''O'Fear''at AustLit 1990 Australian novels Australian crime novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
