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Brock and Kolla
1994-
series - author
novel
(number
2
in series)
Issue Details:
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1995...
1995
The Malcontenta
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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.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Smoking in Arcadia, or Barry Maitland’s Embodied Folly : Re-opening the Case of The Malcontenta
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , March vol. 3 no. 1 2014; (p. 105 -119) 'This article reveals the multilayered structure of Barry Maitland’s second Brock and Kolla mystery, The Malcontenta (1995). In particular, it will be shown how the concept of hospitality is reflexively staged, as is the concept of the novel’s paratextual skin and sub-dermal liminal zones, in order to set up any number of border crossings and transgressions. To this end, the work of the Yale School of deconstructionists is used to demonstrate how each border crossing suggests an alternative reading of the text. Multiple instances of mise en abyme will be exposed as, respectively, the authority of detective, author and reader is challenged. Certain red herrings will be elevated to the status of alternate solutions and, finally, a suggested alternate murderer will be installed from outside the more obvious candidates on offer.' (Publication abstract) -
Intertextuality as Translatability : Regimenting Space (for French Translation) in Barry Maitland's La Malcontenta
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of French Studies , May - August vol. 50 no. 2 2013; (p. 189-205) -
Blueprint for Success
David Honeybone
(interviewer),
2002
single work
interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , August no. 7 2002; (p. 16-17) -
Black Deaths, Black Lives
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 October 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Malcontenta 1995 single work novel ; Browning Without a Cause 1995 single work novel ; Scream Black Murder 1995 single work novel -
An Old-Fashioned Murder Mystery
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. C11)
— Review of The Malcontenta 1995 single work novel
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Grisly Scenes at the Fat Farm
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 September vol. 116 no. 5989 1995; (p. 104)
— Review of The Malcontenta 1995 single work novel -
An Old-Fashioned Murder Mystery
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. C11)
— Review of The Malcontenta 1995 single work novel -
Black Deaths, Black Lives
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 October 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Malcontenta 1995 single work novel ; Browning Without a Cause 1995 single work novel ; Scream Black Murder 1995 single work novel -
Blueprint for Success
David Honeybone
(interviewer),
2002
single work
interview
— Appears in: Crime Factory , August no. 7 2002; (p. 16-17) -
Smoking in Arcadia, or Barry Maitland’s Embodied Folly : Re-opening the Case of The Malcontenta
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , March vol. 3 no. 1 2014; (p. 105 -119) 'This article reveals the multilayered structure of Barry Maitland’s second Brock and Kolla mystery, The Malcontenta (1995). In particular, it will be shown how the concept of hospitality is reflexively staged, as is the concept of the novel’s paratextual skin and sub-dermal liminal zones, in order to set up any number of border crossings and transgressions. To this end, the work of the Yale School of deconstructionists is used to demonstrate how each border crossing suggests an alternative reading of the text. Multiple instances of mise en abyme will be exposed as, respectively, the authority of detective, author and reader is challenged. Certain red herrings will be elevated to the status of alternate solutions and, finally, a suggested alternate murderer will be installed from outside the more obvious candidates on offer.' (Publication abstract) -
Intertextuality as Translatability : Regimenting Space (for French Translation) in Barry Maitland's La Malcontenta
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Journal of French Studies , May - August vol. 50 no. 2 2013; (p. 189-205)
Awards
- 1996 joint inaugural winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
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