A Child's Book of True Crime

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A Child's Book of True Crime
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Author Chloe Hooper
LanguageEnglish
Genre Crime novel
Publisher Penguin
Publication date
March 19, 2002
Publication place Australia
Pages238
ISBN 0-7432-2512-0

A Child's Book of True Crime is a novel by Australian author Chloe Hooper, published in 2001 by Penguin. It was shortlisted for the 2002 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Contents

Summary

Kate is a young schoolteacher working in a small community in Tasmania. She begins an affair with the parent of one of her students. Some chapters tell an alternate version of the same story, a murder investigation written in the style of a children's book.

Reception

The Guardian described it as "a Russian doll of a novel" and praised it as "beguiling", [1] while The New Yorker said it was "suspenseful and self-conscious". [2] The A.V. Club gave a mixed review, stating that the short book is "padded by redundant passages", while saying parts of the book were "vivid and witty". [3]

A Child's Book of True Crime was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2002. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Darnell, Lisa (23 February 2002). "Not in front of the kids". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "A Child's Book of True Crime". The New Yorker . 3 June 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Murray, Noel (3 April 2002). "Chloe Hooper: A Child's Book of True Crime". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "A Child's Book of True Crime". Women's Prize for Fiction . Retrieved September 6, 2023.
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