Abstract:
Peter Temple and Australian crime fiction
In spite of growing quantity and recurrent quality, Australian crime writers have made little mark around the world. Arthur Upfield’s colonial caricature of an Indigenous detective sold well overseas and is still bafflingly popular in France and Germany. He’s the only one. The Bronte of the Bush, Mary Fortune, remained unknown in Britain, as did Pat Flower, a less tricky equal of Ruth Rendell. Claire McNab and Kerry Greenwood have made some headway in the United States with a glamorous lesbian and a gourmet baker as detectives, but the excellent Peter Corris and Marele Day had limited impact on their release there.
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