 First edition | |
| Author | Peter Temple |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 345 pp |
| ISBN | 1-920885-77-3 |
| OCLC | 62116825 |
| Followed by | Truth |
The Broken Shore (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. [1]
The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries, he is posted to his hometown Port Munro, where he begins the process of rebuilding the old family mansion as well as his physical and mental strength. Against a background of family tragedy, politics, police corruption, and racism, he investigates the death of a wealthy local man, Charles Burgoyne. His closest friend and police superior, Villani, is the central character in the sequel novel Truth .
Written by the award-winning author Peter Temple, the book continues with his trademark stark, staccato dialogue, in which superfluous words are removed and the meaning of each sentence must be dug out. In a typical example of Temple's flourish, he describes a nearby derelict town as “hardcore—the unemployed, under-employed, unemployable, the drunk and doped, the old-age pensioners, people on all kinds of welfare, the halt, the lame".
The Broken Shore was adapted for television by writer Andrew Knight.
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