Guy Pearce stars as Jack Irish in an ABC feature based on Dead Point Winner Ned Kelly Award Best Crime Novel It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but as Melbourne descends into a cold wet winter his mood is on the same trajectory The woman in Jacks life has reconnected with an old flame He has gambled and lost massively and seen a champion horse put down Its not surprising that Jacks mind is not fully on the job hes being paid to do find Robbie Colburne occasional barman But when Jack does get serious he finds the freelance drink-dispenser is of great interest to some powerful people people with very bad habits and a distinct lack of respect for the criminal justice systemAny lapse in concentration could prove fatal Peter Temple is the author of nine novels including four books in the Jack Irish series He has won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction five times and his widely acclaimed novels have been published in over twenty countries The Broken Shore won the UKs prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel of and Truth won the Miles Franklin Literary Award the first time a crime writer has won an award of this calibre anywhere in the world Temples first two novels Bad Debts and Black Tide have been made into films with Guy Pearce starring as Jack Irish They screened on the ABC in August Another world-class crime novel from Peter Temple Canberra Times Temple writeswith enough insight and passion to make the reader ask exactly where the boundary lies between genre fiction and serious literary fiction Sydney Morning Herald Temple is as dark and mean as cool and as mesmerising as any James Ellroy or Elmore Leonard with whom you might kill the small or sad hours Peter Craven Age Temples work is spare deeply ironic his wit like the local beer as cold as a dental anaesthetic Graeme Blundell Australian Its clever funny exciting and exceedingly well written The author weaves multi layers of plot life characters and emotions into an exceedingly satisfying narrative that grips from first to last page If you havent yet discovered Temple track down his books Hes premier class Daily Examiner UK.
