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Dead Point

Dead Point (2000) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. This is the third novel in the author's Jack Irish series.

Last revised
Jun 25, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
148 w
Citations
2
Source
Dead Point
First edition
AuthorPeter Temple
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJack Irish series
Genrecrime novel
PublisherBantam, Australia
Publication date2000
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages275 pp
ISBN1-86325-222-3
OCLC48835300

Dead Point (2000) is a Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.1 This is the third novel in the author's Jack Irish series.2

Dedication

"For Gerhard and Karin, dear friends, for all the good times: Kom dans, Klaradyn."

Awards

Notes

Notes

This novel has also been published in the UK (in 2008 by Quercus as part of Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Omnibus) and in the Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition (in 2001 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.

Reviews

  • "Australian Crime Fiction Database" [1]
  • "epinions" [2]
  • "Petrona" [3]
  • "Tangled Web" [4]
References

References

  1. "Dead Point by Peter Temple". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. "Austlit — Jack irish series by Peter Temple". Austlit. Retrieved 24 November 2024.