Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Literary Award | 2010 | Winner |
About This Book
A crime novel featuring Detective Joe Cashin in a politically charged Melbourne setting, written in an extraordinarily compressed, allusive prose style.
About the Author
Peter Temple was a South African-born Australian crime writer who is widely considered one of the greatest crime novelists in the English language. His novel Truth (2010) won the Miles Franklin Award — the first crime novel to do so — as well as the UK Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. Truth features Detective Joe Cashin in a politically charged Melbourne setting and is noted for its extraordinarily compressed, allusive prose style. Read more →
