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Southern Cross crime, the pocket essential guide to the crime fiction, film and TV of Australia and New Zealand, Craig Sisterson ; [foreword by Michael Robotham]

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Southern Cross crime, the pocket essential guide to the crime fiction, film and TV of Australia and New Zealand, Craig Sisterson ; [foreword by Michael Robotham]

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eng

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Southern Cross crime

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Craig Sisterson ; [foreword by Michael Robotham]

Sub title

the pocket essential guide to the crime fiction, film and TV of Australia and New Zealand

Summary

Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller writing, collectively referred to as Southern Cross Crime, is booming globally, with antipodean authors regularly featuring on awards and bestseller lists, such as Eleanor Catton's Booker Prize winning The Luminaries and Jane Harper's big commercial hit, The Dry, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Hailing from two sparsely populated nations on the far edge of the former Empire, neighbours that are siblings in spirit, vastly different in landscape, Australian and New Zealand crime writers offer readers a blend of exotic and familiar, seasoned by distinctive senses of place, outlook, and humour, and roots that trace to the earliest days of our genre. Southern Cross Crime is the first comprehensive guide to modern crime writing from "Down Under". From coastal cities to the outback, leading critic Craig Sisterson showcases key titles from over 250 storytellers, plus screen dramas ranging from Mystery Road to Top of the Lake. Fascinating insights are added through in-depth interviews with some of the prime suspects who paved the way or instigated the global boom, including Michael Robotham, Paul Cleave, Emma Viskic, Paul Thomas, Candice Fox, and Garry Disher

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