The Malcontenta

The Malcontenta
First edition (UK)
AuthorBarry Maitland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBrock and Kolla
GenreNovel
PublisherHamish Hamilton (UK)
Arcade Publishing (US)
Publication date
1995
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint Hardback & Paperback
Pages348 pp
ISBN0-241-13461-7 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC32931955
Preceded byThe Marx Sisters 
Followed byAll My Enemies 

The Malcontenta is a 1995 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.[1]

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times Peter Bowler noted: "Professor Maitland's writing has all the special strengths that one would expect in an architect: structural soundness, a feeling for the shape and romance of his mise en scene, and, as a bonus for the reader, an element of interesting architectural instruction. More surprisingly, it has none of the classic weaknesses of the profession. He gets on with the job. "[2]

Awards

Publication history

After its initial publication in the uk in 1995 by Hamish Hamilton,[4] the novel was reprinted as follows:

The novel has been translated into German (Ein Hauch von Angst, 1995), French (La malcontenta, 2000) and Italian (Malcontenta, 2002).[1]

Dedication

"Dedication: For Clare and Alex/With my very special thanks to Margaret, and to those people who have helped bring Brock and Cathy [sic] to print, in particular Kate Jones and Jill Hickson."

Notes

  • This is the second novel in the author's Brock and Kolla series.[1]
  • The title of this novel as published in the U.S. is The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery

Reviews

  • "Australian Crime Fiction database" [1]
  • "Italian Mysteries" [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Austlit — The Malcontenta". Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ ""An old-fashioned murder mystery"". The Canberra Times, 7 October 1995, p54. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ "1996 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ "The Malcontenta (Hamish Hamilton)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ "The Malcontenta (Arcade)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2024.


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