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y separately published work icon Dead Point single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Jack Irish Peter Temple , 1996 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Dead Point
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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Jack Irish : Dead Point Matt Cameron , ( dir. Jeffrey Walker ) Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2013 6032174 2013 single work film/TV

'Jack Irish is a part-time lawyer, mug punter and finder of people who'd rather remain lost. When a high profile Judge, Justice Loder commissions him to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, dodgy drug dealers, blackmailers, and unhinged killers. Anyone who touches the red book turns up dead. Jack should follow his instinct and back away — if only the judge wasn't family. Instead he finds himself chasing the red book in a dangerous race to a remote coastal property with an ominous name: Dead Point.' (Source:

http://www.australiantelevision.net/jack-irish/dead-point.html)

Notes

  • Dedication : For Gerhard and Karin, dear friends, for all the good times : Kom dans, Klaradyn.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 2000 .
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      Extent: 275p.
      ISBN: 1863252223 (pbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2006 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 11 March 2014
      ISBN: 9781921145001, 1921145005
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Omnibus Peter Temple , London : Quercus , 2008 Z1477500 2008 selected work novel London : Quercus , 2008
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Jack Irish Double : Dead Point and White Dog Peter Temple , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2008 Z1541797 2008 selected work novel crime Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2008
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Quercus ,       2008 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 05 February 2008
      ISBN: 9781847241184, 9781847241177 1847241174
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2014 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Edition info: Telemovie adaptation tie-in edition
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 February 2014
      ISBN: 9781922147356
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2014 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 February 2014
      ISBN: 9781922147356
Alternative title: Dood punt
Language: Dutch
    • Amsterdam,
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      Netherlands,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       De Boekerij ,       2001 .
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      Extent: 255p.
      ISBN: 9022530167
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Related Works

The One We Couldn't Lose Peter Temple , 2001 extract novel crime (Dead Point)
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 7 January 2001; (p. 4-5)
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The Representation of Aboriginality in the Novels of Peter Temple Bill Phillips , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 20 2016; (p. 9-21) 'Identity politics is fraught with difficulties. Of few places is this truer than in Australia when it comes to the representation of Aboriginality. On the one hand the absence or invisibility of Aboriginality in Australian life and culture maybe interpreted as a deliberate exclusion of a people whose presence is uncomfortable or inconvenient for many Australians of immigrant origin. Equally, the representation of Aboriginality by non-Aboriginals may be seen as an appropriation of identity, an inexcusable commercial exploitation or an act of neocolonialism. Best-selling and prize-winning South African-born author Peter Temple appears to be very much aware of these pitfalls. In his crime novels, written between 1996 and 2009, he has obviously made the decision to grasp the nettle and attempt to represent Aboriginality in a way that would be as acceptable as possible. This paper traces the evolution of Temple's representation of Aboriginality through the three major Aboriginal characters present in his novels: Cameron Delray (Bad Debts, 1996; Black Tide, 1999; Dead Point, 2000; and White Dog, 2003), Ned Lowey (An Iron Rose, 1998) and Detective Sergeant Paul Dove (The Broken Shore, 2005 and Truth, 2009).' (Publication abstract)
[Review] Dead Point David Honeybone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 1 2001; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Crime Jeff Popple , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 29 October 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Killing the Small, Sad Hours Peter Craven , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Jack's Thrilling Return Chris Brice , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 October 2000; (p. 21)
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 November 2000; (p. 5)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Dead Cert Sue Turnbull , R. J. Thompson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 226 2000; (p. 46)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Jack's Thrilling Return Chris Brice , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 October 2000; (p. 21)
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 November 2000; (p. 5)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Killing the Small, Sad Hours Peter Craven , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
Crime Jeff Popple , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 29 October 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
[Review] Dead Point David Honeybone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , no. 1 2001; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Dead Point Peter Temple , 2000 single work novel
The Representation of Aboriginality in the Novels of Peter Temple Bill Phillips , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 20 2016; (p. 9-21) 'Identity politics is fraught with difficulties. Of few places is this truer than in Australia when it comes to the representation of Aboriginality. On the one hand the absence or invisibility of Aboriginality in Australian life and culture maybe interpreted as a deliberate exclusion of a people whose presence is uncomfortable or inconvenient for many Australians of immigrant origin. Equally, the representation of Aboriginality by non-Aboriginals may be seen as an appropriation of identity, an inexcusable commercial exploitation or an act of neocolonialism. Best-selling and prize-winning South African-born author Peter Temple appears to be very much aware of these pitfalls. In his crime novels, written between 1996 and 2009, he has obviously made the decision to grasp the nettle and attempt to represent Aboriginality in a way that would be as acceptable as possible. This paper traces the evolution of Temple's representation of Aboriginality through the three major Aboriginal characters present in his novels: Cameron Delray (Bad Debts, 1996; Black Tide, 1999; Dead Point, 2000; and White Dog, 2003), Ned Lowey (An Iron Rose, 1998) and Detective Sergeant Paul Dove (The Broken Shore, 2005 and Truth, 2009).' (Publication abstract)
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