The Malcontenta

The Malcontenta

First edition (UK)
Author	Barry Maitland
Language	English
Series	Brock and Kolla
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Hamish Hamilton (UK) Arcade Publishing (US)
Publication date	1995
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print Hardback & Paperback
Pages	348 pp
ISBN	0-241-13461-7 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	32931955
Preceded by	The Marx Sisters
Followed by	All My Enemies

The Malcontenta is a 1995 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.[1]

Critical reception

Writing in The Canberra Times Peter Bowler noted: "Professor Maitland's writing has all the special strengths that one would expect in an architect: structural soundness, a feeling for the shape and romance of his mise en scene, and, as a bonus for the reader, an element of interesting architectural instruction. More surprisingly, it has none of the classic weaknesses of the profession. He gets on with the job. "[2]

Awards

• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 1996: joint winner[3]

Publication history

After its initial publication in the uk in 1995 by Hamish Hamilton,[4] the novel was reprinted as follows:

• Penguin, UK 1996[1]
• Arcade, USA, 2000[5]
• Orion, UK 2000[1]
• Penguin, USA 2001[1]

The novel has been translated into German (Ein Hauch von Angst, 1995), French (La malcontenta, 2000) and Italian (Malcontenta, 2002).[1]

Dedication

"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."

Notes

• This is the second novel in the author's Brock and Kolla series.[1]
• The title of this novel as published in the U.S. is The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery

Reviews

• "Australian Crime Fiction database" [1]
• "Italian Mysteries" [2]

See also

• 1995 in Australian literature

References

1. "Austlit — The Malcontenta". Austlit. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
2. ""An old-fashioned murder mystery"". The Canberra Times, 7 October 1995, p54. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. "1996 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
4. "The Malcontenta (Hamish Hamilton)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
5. "The Malcontenta (Arcade)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2024.