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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] |
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] |
