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Why Jane Harper’s ‘outback noir’ novels make for comfortable – and uncomfortable – reading

  • Written by Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Why Jane Harper’s ‘outback noir’ novels make for comfortable – and uncomfortable – readingSimpson Desert, Australia.Stephen Mabbs/Unsplash

Jane Harper sits in a rare category of contemporary Australian writers whose novels have achieved phenomenal international success. She has sold 1.5 million books in Australia and 3.5 million overseas.

While all popular fiction adheres to certain formulas – that is, after all, why we read these...

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