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'When Hirsch heads up Bitter Wash Road to investigate the gunfire he finds himself cut off without back-up. A pair of thrill killers has been targeting isolated farmhouses on lonely backroads, but Hirsch’s first thought is that ‘back-up’ is nearby—and about to put a bullet in him.
'That’s because Hirsch is a whistleblower. Formerly a promising metropolitan officer, now demoted and exiled to a one-cop station in South Australia’s wheatbelt. Called a dog by his brother officers. Threats; pistol cartridge in the mailbox.
'But the shots on Bitter Wash Road don’t tally with Hirsch’s assumptions. The truth turns out to be a lot more mundane. And the events that unfold subsequently, a hell of a lot more sinister.' (Publisher's blurb)
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In July 2019, it was announced that Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Adelaide-based production company Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road.
Source: Books + Publishing (Disher’s ‘Bitter Wash Road’ optioned for screen | Books+Publishing). (Sighted: 31/7/2019)
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Crime File
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 19)
— Review of The Train Rider 2014 single work novel ; In the Morning I'll be Gone 2014 single work novel ; Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Review : Bitter Wash Road
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , December/January 2013; (p. 39)
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Well Read
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 November vol. 9 November no. 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Review : Bitter Wash Road
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2013 - January 2014 no. 357 2013-2014; (p. 60)
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Out of the Big Smoke : Crime Fiction in 2013
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 17 December 2013;
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel
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Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 30 October 2013;
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Crime Scene
2013
single work
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— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2013;
— Review of The Raven's Eye 2013 single work novel ; Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
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2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 30-31) The Age , 14 December 2013; (p. 28)
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel -
Hot Reads
2013
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 18-19)
— Review of The Very Brave Bear 2013 single work picture book ; Seadog 2013 single work picture book ; Ice, Wind, Rock : Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic 2013 single work biography picture book ; The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Rules of Summer 2013 single work picture book ; The Dying Beach 2013 single work novel ; The Ballad of Dixie Lee 2013 single work picture book ; Life in Outer Space 2013 single work novel ; Refuge 2013 single work children's fiction ; The Midnight Dress 2013 single work novel ; Watching You 2013 single work novel ; The Best Australian Science Writing 2013 2013 anthology short story essay poetry autobiography ; Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel ; The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel ; The Narrow Road to the Deep North 2013 single work novel ; The Night Guest 2013 single work novel ; Questions of Travel 2012 single work novel ; The Rosie Project 2013 single work novel ; The Childhood of Jesus 2013 single work novel ; Divine Comedy : A New Verse Translation Clive James (translator), 2013 single work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013 selected work poetry ; At the Close of Play 2013 single work autobiography ; Ned Kelly : The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend 2013 single work biography ; Forgotten War 2013 single work non-fiction ; Kerry Stokes : Self-Made Man 2013 single work biography ; The 39-Storey Treehouse 2013 single work children's fiction ; Twiggy : The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest 2013 single work biography ; WeirDo 2013 single work children's fiction ; Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography ; The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter 2013 selected work poetry ; Clive : The Story of Clive Palmer 2013 single work biography ; Australian Poetry Journal vol. 3 no. 1 2013 periodical issue ; Shame and the Captives 2013 single work novel ; Coal Creek 2013 single work novel ; Barracuda 2013 single work novel -
Masters of Suspense, Character
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 December 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of Bitter Wash Road 2013 single work novel
Awards
- 2014 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
- South Australia,