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White Dog (2000)

by Peter Temple(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1877008532 (ISBN13: 9781877008535)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

The Text Publishing Company

series

Jack Irish

review 1: White Dog is the fourth and (so far) last book in the excellent Jack Irish series set in and around Melbourne about a former lawyer who divides his time between being an investigator, debt collector, furniture maker, horse-racing gambler and watching Aussie rules football. Like all of Peter Temple’s novels, White Dog is a nice mix of hardboiled crime and literary voice and observational asides. In a genre full of workman-like prose, Temple writes with a fresh tone. The narrative is layered and sometimes almost elusive or veiled, the reader as unsure as to what is happening as Jack. It’s an intriguing and beguiling style. As usual, the characterisation is excellent, especially Jack and the Youth Club, an elderly group of football supporters that prop up the local b... morear, and Jack’s horse racing friends. The plot is tight and engaging and there’s a nice sense of place. Overall, a first rate read and I’m hoping that now the first two books have been adapted for television that Temple will resurrect what has been a stellar series.
review 2: It might have been a bad idea to watch ABC TV's adaptation of 'Jack Irish #1/Bad Debts' in the midst of this. I got confused about which story was which, and suddenly my imaginary Jack Irish turned into Guy Pearce. I mean, Guy Pearce is plenty nice to look at, but isn't really how I see dear Jack in my head. So all of that was a struggle. By the end I was tired and confused (and jet-lagged, but that may have had more to do with international travel than with the book). In summary, I wish there were more Jack Irish books, or that I had read this later on. Write more, Peter Temple! less

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