Ha! I'm enjoying everyone's take on our lingo.
If you're after some top notch Aussie noir, there's a
recently released book called THE LOW ROAD by Chris Womersley
that is simply outstanding. The fact that when Womersley was
asked which 3 books he would like to have with him on a
deserted island he chose "anything by Jim Thompson" will give
you an idea of what you're in for with The Low Road.
Also, going back a few years but difficult to find is
JUNKIE PILGRIM by Wayne Grogan.
Mark - as for Peter Corris' Cliff Hardy series there are now
31 of them - he was only getting warmed up for the first 15
books. You can see the full list on my website (link is
below)
Cheers all Damien
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Colin,
Steve mentioned the Wyatt series, which I also heartily
endorse. My intro to Aussie crime lit, though, was Peter
Corris's Cliff Hardy series. I read 15 of those before I
stopped being able to find them in the states (were there
many more in Oz? the last I read was Matrimonial Causes).
Except for being set in Australia, it was a pretty straight
PI series, but a very good one, one of the many great midlist
PI writers of the '80s, such as Lewin, Valin, Kantner,
Pronzini, Collins, etc.
Mark
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