· Set in a dry, struggling outback community, Bitter Wash Road is an example of a sub-genre that is now loosely known as outback or drought or bush noir. It is typified by remote communities living in harsh, unforgiving landscapes, and, as Disher makes clear, by the sort of sexism and racism that is peculiar to such settings (which is not to say they aren’t found in other settings too.). · Bitter Wash Road (published as Hell to Pay in the US) by Garry Disher is the first in a trilogy known as “the Paul Hirschhausen novels”. It has been described as the “gold standard for Australian noir” — and I’d have to agree. I haven’t enjoyed a distinctively Australian crime novel as good as this for a www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. · Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road is a worthy addition to that list. It’s already been huge in its home country and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t garner the same response elsewhere. Garry Disher is the prolific author of more than 40 books across many genres, with his Peninsular mysteries series picking up awards across the www.doorway.rus: 2.
Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher - review. Posted by janetemson on Ap Ap. Published by Viper Books. Publication date - 9 April Source - review copy. Sent out to investigate shots on Bitter Wash Road he wonders if his past is finally catching up with him. But then the body of a young girl is found and. Praise for Bitter Wash Road Shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Best Novel Award A Deadly Pleasures Best Ten Australian Crime Novel of the 21st Century "A perfect introduction to the work of veteran crime novelist Garry Disher Stark descriptions of the sweltering outback will have your reaching for a cool drink. Hirsch is a classic lone wolf--or should I say lone dingo?--whose laconic. Bitter Wash Road (published as Hell to Pay in the US) by Garry Disher is the first in a trilogy known as "the Paul Hirschhausen novels". It has been described as the "gold standard for Australian noir" — and I'd have to agree. I haven't enjoyed a distinctively Australian crime novel as good as this for a while.
Bitter Wash Road is the eighteenth stand-alone novel by popular Australian author, Garry Disher. It has also been published under the title Hell To Pay. Not long after Constable Paul Hirschhausen has been banished to the small South Australian wheatbelt town of Tiverton for the unforgiveable (being a whistle-blower), he is called to attend an apparent hit-and-run. Set in a dry, struggling outback community, Bitter Wash Road is an example of a sub-genre that is now loosely known as outback or drought or bush noir. It is typified by remote communities living in harsh, unforgiving landscapes, and, as Disher makes clear, by the sort of sexism and racism that is peculiar to such settings (which is not to say they aren’t found in other settings too.). G arry Disher hits the ground running with Bitter Wash Road and with more than 40 books to his name why the hell wouldn’t he? Gunshots have been reported just out of town and Constable Paul.
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