The Malcontenta
| File:The Malcontenta.jpg First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Barry Maitland |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Brock and Kolla |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton (UK) Arcade Publishing (US) |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print Hardback & Paperback |
| Pages | 348 pp |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 32931955 |
| Preceded by | The Marx Sisters |
| Followed by | All My Enemies |
The Malcontenta is a 1995 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.[1]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Writing in The Canberra Times Peter Bowler noted: "Professor Maitland's writing has all the special strengths that one would expect in an architect: structural soundness, a feeling for the shape and romance of his mise en scene, and, as a bonus for the reader, an element of interesting architectural instruction. More surprisingly, it has none of the classic weaknesses of the profession. He gets on with the job. "[2]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 1996: joint winner[3]
Publication history
[edit | edit source]After its initial publication in the uk in 1995 by Hamish Hamilton,[4] the novel was reprinted as follows:
The novel has been translated into German (Ein Hauch von Angst, 1995), French (La malcontenta, 2000) and Italian (Malcontenta, 2002).[1]
Dedication
[edit | edit source]"Dedication: For Clare and Alex/With my very special thanks to Margaret, and to those people who have helped bring Brock and Cathy [sic] to print, in particular Kate Jones and Jill Hickson."
Notes
[edit | edit source]- This is the second novel in the author's Brock and Kolla series.[1]
- The title of this novel as published in the U.S. is The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery
Reviews
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