Australian Crime Fiction: A 200-Year History

by Stephen Knight

Australian crime fiction has grown from the country's origins as an 18th-century English prison colony. Early stories focused on escaped convicts becoming heroic bush rangers, or how the system mistreated those who were wrongfully convicted. Later came thrillers about wealthy free settlers and lawless gold-seekers, and urban crime fiction, including Fergus Hume's 1887 international best-seller The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, set in Melbourne...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476670862
• ISBN13: 9781476670867
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher