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A review by scribepub
Good Murder by Robert Gott
No sooner than our weekend papers have started to pronounce a crisis of Oz Lit than along comes this absolute gem of a debut novel, a comic crime caper of the first order! Gott … has created a fully realised fictional world here that combines careful plotting with a fine sense of pace to deliver a completely satisfying read — and in William Power a most memorable comic creation! And as a wordsmith and stylist Gott has few equals I suspect …
Martin Shaw, Readings Newsletter
This is an intriguing, amusing and well-constructed parody whodunit debut.
Windsor Dobbin, Herald Sun
The storyline and characterisation make this a highly original piece of crime fiction … What I liked most about Good Murder was its language and humour … the dialogue is funny and pithy.
Ed Wright, Sydney Morning Herald
Elegantly rendered in a kind of high literary pastiche, Good Murder is a brilliant debut.
Graeme Blundell, Weekend Australian
Good Murder is ‘an absolutely hilarious read … Gott’s stellar accomplishment is his ability to sustain the tragically absurd voice of narrator Will Power … The results are brilliantly achieved and really really very funny … The author worked previously as a cartoonist, and that fine mental eye for caricature, humour and social observation shine through in this work that we can only hope is the first of many Will Power’s adventures.
Warren Hately, Fremantle Herald
Martin Shaw, Readings Newsletter
This is an intriguing, amusing and well-constructed parody whodunit debut.
Windsor Dobbin, Herald Sun
The storyline and characterisation make this a highly original piece of crime fiction … What I liked most about Good Murder was its language and humour … the dialogue is funny and pithy.
Ed Wright, Sydney Morning Herald
Elegantly rendered in a kind of high literary pastiche, Good Murder is a brilliant debut.
Graeme Blundell, Weekend Australian
Good Murder is ‘an absolutely hilarious read … Gott’s stellar accomplishment is his ability to sustain the tragically absurd voice of narrator Will Power … The results are brilliantly achieved and really really very funny … The author worked previously as a cartoonist, and that fine mental eye for caricature, humour and social observation shine through in this work that we can only hope is the first of many Will Power’s adventures.
Warren Hately, Fremantle Herald