The January Zone

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The January Zone
AuthorPeter Corris
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCliff Hardy
GenreCrime fiction
PublisherAllen and Unwin
Publication date
1987
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeal Me Out 
Followed byMan in the Shadows: A Short Novel and Six Stories 

The January Zone is 1987 Australian novel by Peter Corris featuring private detective Cliff Hardy.[1]

Premise

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Cliff Hardy is hired to guard a minister of the crown.

Reception

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The Age wrote "the story moves well enough but the characters seem to have come out of a glossy magazine for women."[2]

The Sydney Morning Herald felt "Corris, normally the most fluent of storytellers, stumbles through The January Zone unsure of his direction."[3]

The Canberra Times said the novel was "not the best in the Hardy series. Some characters remain unusually flat and drab, the political sub-plots are trite, and the action some times stops abruptly or drifts off into inconsequential interludes. But the author still enjoys and deploys a rich range of talent."[4]

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References

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