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y separately published work icon Dirt Town single work   novel   crime  
Alternative title: Dirt Creek
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Dirt Town
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'My best friend wore her name, Esther, like a queen wearing her crown at a jaunty angle. We were twelve years old when she went missing.

'On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Durton, best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together. Esther never makes it home.

'Ronnie's going to find her, she has a plan. Lewis will help. Their friend can't be gone, Ronnie won't believe it.

'Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels can believe it, she has seen what people are capable of. She knows more than anyone how, in a moment of weakness, a person can be driven to do something they never thought possible.

'Lewis can believe it too. But he can't reveal what he saw that afternoon at the creek without exposing his own secret.

'Five days later, Esther's buried body is discovered.

'What do we owe the girl who isn't there?

'Character-rich and propulsive, with a breathtakingly original use of voice and revolving points of view, Hayley Scrivenor delves under the surface, where no one can hide. With emotional depth and sensitivity, this stunning debut shows us how much each person matters in a community that is at once falling apart and coming together.

'Esther will always be a Dirt Town child, as we are its children, still.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Author's note:

    To my mother, Danina, First, and always.

    And for Daniel, for telling me I should.


    To all of us, and our disasters.

    And for those who don't survive.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2022 .
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      Extent: 368p.
      Reprinted: Jan 2023
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 April 2022
      ISBN: 9781760987190
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Flatiron Books ,
      2022 .
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      Alternative title: Dirt Creek
      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2, 2022
      ISBN: 9781250834751
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
      c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Modernista ,
      2024 .
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      Extent: 368p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 6 March 2024.
      ISBN: 9789180940863

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Hayley Scrivenor in Conversation Lyn Yeowart (interviewer), 2022 24911160 2022 single work podcast interview

'Hayley Scrivenor in conversation with fellow author Lyn Yeowart about Scrivenor's debut novel, Dirt Town.'

Murder in the Brain-Broiling Heat and Red Dust of the Outback Beejay Silcox , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 1 July 2022; The New York Times , 24 July 2022; (p. 9)

— Review of Wake Shelley Burr , 2022 single work single work novel ; Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel
Hayley Scrivenor Dirt Town Nicola Harvey , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18-24 June 2022;

— Review of Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel
'Dirt Town has a simple plot: a girl goes missing, two out-of-town detectives arrive and the father becomes a suspect. Hayley Scrivenor’s debut is billed as a crime novel but the multiple perspectives she employs to elevate a prosaic storyline into a rich community profile reveal her literary ambitions.' (Introduction)
 
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor Review – Outback Noir That Lives up to the Hype Bec Kavanagh , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 June 2022;

— Review of Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel

'Set in a remote town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists – and it’s truly excellent'

‘Propulsive’, ‘Evocative’, ‘Brilliant’ : The Best Australian Books Out in June Steph Harmon , Bec Kavanagh , Sophie Black , Michael Sun , Sian Cain , Beejay Silcox , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 June 2022;

— Review of Horse : A Novel Geraldine Brooks , 2022 single work novel ; Our Members Be Unlimited Sam Wallman , 2022 single work graphic novel non-fiction ; Basin Scott McCulloch , 2022 single work novel ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life Paul Dalla Rosa , 2022 selected work short story ; Talking About a Revolution Yassmin Abdel-Magied , 2022 selected work essay ; Pomegranate and Fig Zaheda Ghani , 2022 single work novel ; Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel ; The Eulogy Jackie Bailey , 2022 single work novel
‘Propulsive’, ‘Evocative’, ‘Brilliant’ : The Best Australian Books Out in June Steph Harmon , Bec Kavanagh , Sophie Black , Michael Sun , Sian Cain , Beejay Silcox , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 1 June 2022;

— Review of Horse : A Novel Geraldine Brooks , 2022 single work novel ; Our Members Be Unlimited Sam Wallman , 2022 single work graphic novel non-fiction ; Basin Scott McCulloch , 2022 single work novel ; An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life Paul Dalla Rosa , 2022 selected work short story ; Talking About a Revolution Yassmin Abdel-Magied , 2022 selected work essay ; Pomegranate and Fig Zaheda Ghani , 2022 single work novel ; Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel ; The Eulogy Jackie Bailey , 2022 single work novel
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor Review – Outback Noir That Lives up to the Hype Bec Kavanagh , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 June 2022;

— Review of Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel

'Set in a remote town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists – and it’s truly excellent'

Hayley Scrivenor Dirt Town Nicola Harvey , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 18-24 June 2022;

— Review of Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel
'Dirt Town has a simple plot: a girl goes missing, two out-of-town detectives arrive and the father becomes a suspect. Hayley Scrivenor’s debut is billed as a crime novel but the multiple perspectives she employs to elevate a prosaic storyline into a rich community profile reveal her literary ambitions.' (Introduction)
 
Murder in the Brain-Broiling Heat and Red Dust of the Outback Beejay Silcox , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 1 July 2022; The New York Times , 24 July 2022; (p. 9)

— Review of Wake Shelley Burr , 2022 single work single work novel ; Dirt Town Hayley Scrivenor , 2022 single work novel
y separately published work icon Hayley Scrivenor in Conversation Lyn Yeowart (interviewer), 2022 24911160 2022 single work podcast interview

'Hayley Scrivenor in conversation with fellow author Lyn Yeowart about Scrivenor's debut novel, Dirt Town.'

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