tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155641459395189956.post7363606617190762427..comments2024-02-11T20:02:27.899+11:00Comments on No cobwebs here: "Truth"gxhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10036211640500754443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155641459395189956.post-79781917078587596542013-02-05T14:54:06.123+11:002013-02-05T14:54:06.123+11:00“In the late autumn, down windy streets raining ye...“In the late autumn, down windy streets raining yellow oak and elm leaves, I went to George Armit’s funeral. It was a small affair. Almost everyone George had known was dead. Many of them were dead because George had had them killed.” - The opening paragraph of “Black Tide” by Peter Temple.<br /><br />“It wasn’t raining in Ballarat and the locals were out on the pavement staring at the sky in amazement. Many of them had the pale, staring look of people newly pushed out of institutions. Someone once say that nobody went to live in Ballarat; you had to be committed by a magistrate.”<br /><br />Peter Temple's books may only be whodunnits but they are well-written. Last year some of his Jack Irish stories were shown on ABC TV.<br /><br />The character Jack Irish gets his surname from one of his ancestors who, on arrival in Australia, was asked his name by the immigration people and replied, "I. Reisch".<br /><br />Aimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485082163662161496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155641459395189956.post-66708697630276112502013-02-05T12:53:14.602+11:002013-02-05T12:53:14.602+11:00I read Truth as a book group selection in December...I read Truth as a book group selection in December 2009. It didn't motivate me to read more by the same author, but I gave it an OK rating- maybe whodunnits are not my scene.<br />On the other I was gripped the historical account of a 1921 child sex murder at the top end of town, and the conviction of the wrong man by the first use of forensic science -Gun Alley by Kevin Morgan. Gun Alley has been built over by Nauru house. Some crime demands attention.Yantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465433629609489845noreply@blogger.com