Peter Temple’s Truth and Truthfulness: “the liquid city, the uncertain horizon”

Authors

  • Stephen Knight University of Melbourne

Keywords:

Peter Temple, Crime Fiction, Truth

Abstract

The essay first locates Temple among Australian authors and this novel among his work. It then explores meaning in the plot and structure of the novel, and next focuses on the charaterisation of the leading p;olice detective in it, Steven Villani. A following section analyses the stylistic and tonal approaches Temple tales in this novel, and finally the essay summarises the meaning and impact of Truth.

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Published

2017-01-06

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016): World readers: the Transnational Locations of Australian Literature

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How to Cite

Peter Temple’s Truth and Truthfulness: “the liquid city, the uncertain horizon”. (2017). Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 16(2). https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/article/view/10818