Good Men Project

Peter Temple. Don’t Know of Him? Put Down the Reading Club Book or the Bestseller

Peter Temple died in 2018. His death was a loss to readers who like novels that seem to be about crime but are really about much more. And it was a very big loss to me, for although we never met — ...
Good Men Project

Identity Theory: It May Be Your First Peter Temple Book. But it Won’t Be Your Last

Johannesburg, 2 PM on a weekday. Here is Niemand, no first name. He’s working out. Inside. “Outdoors had become trouble, like being attacked by three men, one with a nail-studded piece of wood.” ...
The Financial Times

Peter Temple: A risky search for yield

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It was Winston Churchill who said, of America, that it “could be counted on to do the right thing, but only ...
The Australian

Peter Temple’s dead; Marcus Zusak; Ern Malley turns 100

Temple won the 2010 Miles Franklin for Truth, arguably becoming the first crime writer to collect our paramount book prize. I say arguably because Temple was dismissive of labels. Truth loosely ...
Good Men Project

Peter Temple: The Broken Shore

He’s the best novelist writing about crime in Australia and one of the best crime writers on the planet.And then he’s a terrific novelist, period. Chapters are scenes. Sentences are packed with ...
The Guardian

Peter Temple: tributes paid to acclaimed crime writer after his death, aged 71

The Miles Franklin award-winner transformed the face of Australian crime fiction, critic Peter Pierce says Writers and fans have paid tribute to the Miles Franklin award-winning author Peter Temple, ...