tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post115875845772535755..comments2024-01-01T22:11:46.192+10:30Comments on Australian Literature Diary: The Broken Shore, encore une foisKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-59549461288107005472008-06-19T21:12:00.000+09:302008-06-19T21:12:00.000+09:30came late to the feast--am American who picked it ...came late to the feast--am American who picked it up by chance at my local library--love this book--want to know what came before when Cashin drops ever so many references to his injuries w/o the whole story being spilled at one--his family's convoluted past, and the current mystery unrolling like the duel between a marlin and cagy fisherman....<BR/>he reminds me of Hemingway with the moving thurst of description that is relentless even when it does not seem so<BR/>would love to real the prequel and hope the success of the book have <BR/>Temple reconsidering his original choice that it was a one-off...<BR/>an English teacher from TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1160018838678371662006-10-05T12:57:00.000+09:302006-10-05T12:57:00.000+09:30He's not how I imagine Joe physically, but I think...He's not how I imagine Joe physically, but I think David Wenham is more than capable of the necessary combination of glimpsable interiority with hyper-masculinity. That ordinary-bloke-but-uber-fit soldier/cop walk and stance in <I>Answered by Fire</I> was just masterly, as is his range, from <I>Sea Change</I> to <I>The Boys</I>.<BR/><BR/>Zoe, Temple does have a regular 'series' crime-busting character called Jack Irish. Rufus is right in saying that Temple has said Cashin is a one-off, but I think that was before this book became such a huge hit. He may have changed his mind.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1160013854087689012006-10-05T11:34:00.000+09:302006-10-05T11:34:00.000+09:30Peter Temple is on record somewhere as saying The ...Peter Temple is on record somewhere as saying The Broken Shore is not the first of a series, so we'll never know how Joe Cashin would have developed. It's probably a good thing. It certainly has potential as a film, but are there any male actors around who could do Joe and Rebb justice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1159955732233617222006-10-04T19:25:00.000+09:302006-10-04T19:25:00.000+09:30I left a comment before, but it seems to not have ...I left a comment before, but it seems to not have registered. I did bang on a bit!<BR/><BR/>I loved how balanced it was; I've read a huge amount of detective fiction (though a little less lately) and was impressed at the depth of the characters and the tautness. I want to buy the film rights, but I imagine they've already gone. I wonder how well Cashin would last - thinking here of Rebus who has worn his groove too deep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1159613143570363082006-09-30T20:15:00.000+09:302006-09-30T20:15:00.000+09:30Onya Zoe -- I'd love to know what you think.Onya Zoe -- I'd love to know what you think.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1159403750615408932006-09-28T10:05:00.000+09:302006-09-28T10:05:00.000+09:30Just started last night after (finally) finishing ...Just started last night after (finally) finishing The Vivisector.<BR/><BR/>Dogs with "furry scimitars" for tails! On the first page! And a whole long weekend coming up in which to read it! Yay!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1159056226955576262006-09-24T09:33:00.000+09:302006-09-24T09:33:00.000+09:30I'm waiting impatiently for my husband to finish r...I'm waiting impatiently for my husband to finish reading this. Thus far it's a big thumbs-up from him, which is no mean feat. As a former (but only just!) cop, he's ridiculously hard to please (and prone to dangerous eye-rolling) when it comes to fictional representations of policing (film or book). I love 'em all : Dalgliesh, Lynley, Morse, Poirot & Alleyn as well as the grittier, 'hard-boiled' girls & boys. Like Lucy, I think they do (& maybe have always done) a brilliant job of putting their finger on their particular here & now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1159038008633827932006-09-24T04:30:00.000+09:302006-09-24T04:30:00.000+09:30Thanks for this review and bringing this book to m...Thanks for this review and bringing this book to my attention. Happily it's available in the UK, as I've just checked Amazon, which is selling it at a heavily discounted price. I've added it to my wish list.kimbofohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160466897342054963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1158799745771720582006-09-21T10:19:00.000+09:302006-09-21T10:19:00.000+09:30I'm a couple of chapters into that one, Lucy -- it...I'm a couple of chapters into that one, Lucy -- it's (and this too is like Zola; great comparison) so distressing in its material, much worse than straightforward crime gore, that I keep having to put it down. New(ish) territory for George, but you're right, she is very sharp-eyed and dispassionate.<BR/><BR/>The Temple book is indeed very 'regional' -- I don't know that part of the country very well but the book is very evocative of a certain kind of Australian life-in-landscape. He does inner Melbourne really well too.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1158799233205255092006-09-21T10:10:00.000+09:302006-09-21T10:10:00.000+09:30I heard the writer on the country hour on RN last ...I heard the writer on the country hour on RN last year (he'd been the presenter's writing lecturer, and he obviously adored him so put him on because the book was set in "The Regions"). Sounded great then, but I'd forgotten. As I am very obedient, I will go and buy it!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18864142.post-1158797211904916362006-09-21T09:36:00.000+09:302006-09-21T09:36:00.000+09:30You might also want to take a look at Elizabeth Ge...You might also want to take a look at Elizabeth George's WHAT CAME BEFORE HE SHOT HER. Lousy title, but apt. Her previous book, NO ONE AS WITNESS, ended with a shocking crime, and this one is the prequel--the making of a murderer. The best contemporary crime writers can do society's ills better than the litmob. And George does it without wringing her hands, just a realism that approaches Zola. LucyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com