Garry Disher is one of Australia’s best-known novelists. He’s published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children’s books, and Australian history. His Hal Challis and Wyatt crime series are also published by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne.
Praise for Bitter Wash Road
Shortlisted for the 2014 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 stoicism and basic decency
will have you longing for a sequel.”
—The Seattle Times
“Disher has drawn both a vivid and visceral picture of a backblocks
bush town, its inhabitants ground down by the stresses of
isolation, hard work and irregular, relentlessly shrinking incomes
. . . The story pulls no punches.”
—The Guardian
“Disher writes and plots like the smooth old pro he is.”
—Toronto Star
“Disher’s vibrant prose paints a wonderfully detailed portrait of
small-town Australian life as well as delivering a tightly plotted
mystery.”
—Suspense Magazine
“Probably the best and most complex of his books. Strong
characters, vivid descriptions, and a clever plot make it a
stand-out.”
—Deadly Pleasures
“The story is a compelling one and the multiple plot threads, none
of which at first seem to have anything to do with the
other—including Hirsch's exile from Adelaide—come together in a
cleverly plotted manner.”
—Mysterious Reviews
“Striking... Writing of this quality does not come along every
day.”
—Reviewing the Evidence
“Disher is a masterful write . . . I can't recommend [Bitter Wash
Road] highly enough.”
—Fresh Fiction
“Exceptional crime fiction.”
—Courier-Mail
“A fast, gritty story is given texture by its individually crafted
characters and thoroughly realised rural setting.”
—The Morning Star (UK)
“This noir bush police procedural paints a desolate profile of a
hard, lonely life in rural South Australia, where people scratch
out a living however they can in a changing economy. The story
keeps moving with plenty of surprises as Hirsch makes his
discoveries, culminating in a splendid climax. Highly
recommended.”
—I Love a Mystery
“Garry Disher’s new novel is a rewarding mix of small-town policing
and corruption, parish politics, vested interests and the closing
of ranks against an outsider . . . fans of good crime fiction and
Australian writing alike should enjoy it.”
—Australian Bookseller & Publisher
“Garry Disher has been giving us highly intelligent literary
thrillers for decades and he gets better and better, even as he
wins more prizes for his resonant, poetic novels. Along with Peter
Temple, he is the master wordsmith of local crime fiction and, to
paraphrase Frederick Barthelme, his seemingly simple words trick us
into the drama, and the drama breaks our hearts.”
—Weekend Australian
“Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime
writers who redefined Australian crime fiction in terms of its
form, content and style . . . Disher’s eye for detail is acute and
his poetic analogies precise . . . [Bitter Wash
Road] continues the work of re-imagining the crime genre in a
very Australian way, and does it beautifully.”
—Sydney Morning Herald
“[Bitter Wash Road] is superb.”
—Weekend Australian
“Not a word is wasted: here the ancient, bare, distinctive
landscape of the hardscrabble country bordering Goyder’s Line is
conveyed with admirably atmospheric economy.”
—Adelaide Advertiser
“Turning the pages, readers can almost feel themselves squinting
into the sun while wiping dust and sweat off the back of their
necks . . . Hirschhausen is a character I'll remember for a good
long time.”
—Kittling Books
“[Bitter Wash Road] is crime written in dry tense phrases. Garry
Disher tells you everything and nothing making every page an
intrigue and leaving you desperate to find out what the hell is
going on.”
—The Hoopla
“[Bitter Wash Road] moves at a cracking pace and is a great
read.”
—Launceston Examiner
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