Bad Debts

Bad Debts (1996) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.^[1] This is the first novel in the author's Jack Irish series.^[2]

Bad Debts

First edition
Author	Peter Temple
Language	English
Series	Jack Irish series
Genre	crime novel
Publisher	HarperCollins, Australia
Publication date	1996
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	297 pp
ISBN	0-7322-5816-2
OCLC	38392026
Followed by	An Iron Rose

Dedication

"For Anita and Nicholas : true believers."

Awards

• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel, 1997: joint winner^[3]

Publication history

• Also published in USA (in 2005 by MacAdam/Cage), in Canada (in 2006 by Anchor Canada), in the UK (in 2007 by Quercus) and in the Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition (in 2002 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.^[1]

Television adaptation

• This novel was adapted into an Australian television movie Jack Irish: Bad Debts in 2016, which was directed by Jeffrey Walker, from a script by Peter Temple, and featuring Guy Pearce in the lead role. ^[4]

Reviews

• Publishers Weekly^[5]
• Reviewing the Evidence^[6]

References

1. "Bad Debts". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "Jack Irish by Peter Temple". Austlit. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
3. "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
4. "Jack Irish Series 1". ABC. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
5. "Bad Debts". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
6. "Bad Debts". Reviewing the Evidence. Retrieved 11 June 2023.