Quota (novel)

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Quota
Author Jock Serong
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Publisher Text Publishing
Publication date
28 May 2014
Media typePrint
Pages251 pp.
Awards Ned Kelly Award Best First Novel, 2015
ISBN 9781922148933
Preceded by- 
Followed byThe Rules of Backyard Cricket 

Quota (2014) is a crime novel by Australian writer Jock Serong. It was originally published by Text Publishing in Australia in 2014. [1]

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Synopsis

Charlie Jardim's career as a criminal lawyer in Melbourne is in trouble after a major outburst in court. In order to leave this behind him he accepts a prosecution brief from a friend for a case in the rmeote Victorian town of Dauphin. The victim, Matthew Lanegan, was caught up in the illegal abalone trade, and as Jardim digs into the case he sees the town close up against him.

Publishing history

After its initial publication in Australia by Text Publishing in 2014, [2] the novel was reprinted by Text in 2016. [3]

The novel was also translated into German in 2018. [1]

Critical reception

Carody Culber, for Kill Your Darlings noted: "Of course, there’s nothing new about the tropes of small-town secrets and witnesses who don't talk, but Serong uses a pretty classic crime set-up to create a deft exploration of community politics and how they intersect with family loyalties and the law. Quota has some striking scenes that are delivered with an assured combination of droll wit and elegant prose: physically as well as emotionally displaced, Charlie sees Dauphin as a 'land arranged in a code he couldn't decipher. He had left the language of his world behind and this place would offer him no translation, merely reflecting his troubles blankly back at him'." [4]

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit — Quota by Jock Serong (Text) 2014". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Quota (Text 2014)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Quota (Text 2016)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ↑ ""July's First Book Club: Notes on Jock Serong's Quota"". Kill Your Darlings. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "2015 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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