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| Author | Peter Temple |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | November 2009 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-921520-71-6 |
| OCLC | 424498122 |
| Preceded by | The Broken Shore |
Truth is a 2009 crime fiction novel written by Peter Temple. The novel is a sequel to Temple's 2005 novel The Broken Shore, and won the Miles Franklin Award in 2010.
The book is set around the time of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria.[1] Temple was in the process of writing the book, set during a hot bushfire-prone season, when the fires occurred. The disaster almost stopped him continuing, saying "I wasn't quite sure how to cope with that. I wasn't sure what kind of book I would write."[2]
- ^ Crime novel breaks mould to win Miles Franklin, ABC News, 23 June 2010.
- ^ Agence France-Presse: Peter Temple wins Australian literary prize, Edmonton Journal, 27 June 2010.