Suburban Noir: Crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney
Author: Peter Doyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 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...