''The Malcontenta'' is a 1995

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-winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.

Critical reception

Writing in ''The Canberra Times'' Peter Bowler noted: "Professor Maitland's writing has all the special strengths that one would expect in an architect: structural soundness, a feeling for the shape and romance of his ''mise en scene'', and, as a bonus for the reader, an element of interesting architectural instruction. More surprisingly, it has none of the classic weaknesses of the profession. He gets on with the job. "

Awards

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for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 1996: joint winner

Publication history

After its initial publication in the uk in 1995 by Hamish Hamilton, the novel was reprinted as follows: *

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, UK 1996 * Arcade, USA, 2000 * Orion, UK 2000 *

, USA 2001 The novel has been translated into German (''Ein Hauch von Angst'', 1995), French (''La malcontenta'', 2000) and Italian (''Malcontenta'', 2002).

Dedication

"Dedication: For Clare and Alex/With my very special thanks to Margaret, and to those people who have helped bring Brock and Cathy icto print, in particular Kate Jones and Jill Hickson."

Notes

* This is the second novel in the author's Brock and Kolla series. * The title of this novel as published in the U.S. is ''The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery''

Reviews

* "Australian Crime Fiction database

* "Italian Mysteries

References

Australian crime novels 1995 Australian novels Ned Kelly Award–winning works Hamish Hamilton books Arcade Publishing books {{1990s-crime-novel-stub