Friday essay: from convicts to contemporary convictions – 200 years of Australian crime fiction
- Written by Stephen Knight, Honorary Research Professor, University of Melbourne
Guy Pearce as the Chandleresque private investigator Jack Irish: in the early years of Australian crime fiction, convicts and bushrangers featured prominently. Lachlan Moore
Most countries produce crime fiction, but the versions vary according to national self-concepts. America admires the assertive private eye, both Dashiell Hammett’s late...