Suburban Noir: Crime and Mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney by Peter Doyle
Nothing in the post-war decades reveals the underbelly of Australian life the way police records do.
Small time heists. Failed robberies. Runs of bad luck. Payback. Love gone wrong. Drink, drugs and late-night assignations. Cops doing their job well. And badly. Plausible lies, unlikely truths. Murder and misadventure. In Suburban Noir Peter Doyle, author of City of Shadows and Crooks Like Us, explores the everyday crime and catastrophe that went on in the fibro and brick veneers, the backyards, bedrooms, vacant lots and pokie palaces of 1950s and 1960s suburbia.
Extensive research into forensic archives, public records and the private papers of the late Brian Doyle (1960s detective, later assistant commissioner of police, and Peter Doyle's uncle) also reveals important new information about two of the most famous crimes in Australian history, the Kingsgrove Slasher case and the Graeme Thorne kidnap-murder.
About the Author
Peter Doyle is a novelist and non-fiction writer. He has curated major exhibitions on pulp publishing and forensic material cultures. His books include City of Shadows, 2005 and Crooks Like Us, 2009, and the novel The Big Whatever 2015.
He is the recipient of two Ned Kelly Awards for his fiction, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Honorary Associate Professor of Media at Macquarie University, Sydney.
Format: Paperback | 352 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 13.6 x 4.3 | 372g
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2022
Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Ltd.
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w photos
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 174223769X
ISBN13: 9781742237695
Condition: Good
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