The Dying Trade: Text Classics by Peter Corris (Epub)

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Meet Cliff Hardy. Smoker, drinker, ex-boxer. And private investigator. When the wealthy Bryn Gutteridge hires Hardy to help his sister, it looks as if blackmail is the problem.

Until the case becomes more brutal, twisted and shocking than even Hardy could have guessed.

‘A quintessentially Australian literary icon.’ Age

Introduction by Charles Waterstreet.

Peter Corris’s first Cliff Hardy novel, The Dying Trade, was published in 1980. It not only introduced a sleuth who was to become an enduring legend, but was also a long love letter to the seamy side of Sydney itself. Over more than three decades Corris has now written thirty-eight Cliff Hardy books, and the city of Sydney is as significant a presence in the books as the figure of Hardy. The third in the series, The Empty Beach, was made into a film starring Bryan Brown. In 1999 Corris was presented with a Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.

Charles Waterstreet is author of the memoirs Precious Bodily Fluids and Repeating the Leaving. He was co-creator of Rake, the award-winning ABC series. He is currently writing the third volume of his memoirs.

User’s Reviews

Peter Corris was born in Victoria in 1942, and did his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne. He took a doctorate in history from the ANU, but in the mid 1970s he left academia for journalism. From 1980 to 1981 he was literary editor of the National Times.Corris’s first Cliff Hardy novel The Dying Trade was published in 1980. It not only introduced a sleuth who was to become an enduring legend, but it was also a long love letter to the seamy side of Sydney itself. Over more than three decades Corris has now written thirty-eight Cliff Hardy books, and the city of Sydney is as significant a presence in the books as the figure of Hardy. The third in the series, The Empty Beach, was in 1985 made into a film starring Bryan Brown. In 1999 Corris was presented with a Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.Peter Corris is the author of more than sixty titles in all. He has written both historical fiction and other crime series. He has also worked extensively in non-fiction, including an as-told-to autobiography of the Australian eye surgeon Fred Hollows, and books on sport and history. He lives in New South Wales with his family.Charles Waterstreet is author of the memoirs Precious Bodily Fluids and Repeating the Leaving. He was co-creator of Rake, the award-winning ABC series. He is currently writing the third volume of his memoirs. –This text refers to the paperback edition.

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⭐ This is the first book by Peter Corris, published in 1980, about a private detective with a love and understanding of the best and worst parts of Sydney. I have read a couple of the remarkable 40 books in the series but came back to #1 to get a better understanding of Hardy’s remarkable character.Cliff Hardy is ex-army, and an insurance investigator turned private investigator. He ekes out a living on minor, normally low paying, cases and has a love-hate relationship with his time and place. He tends to get drawn into cases involving people he deplores, especially those with wealth and connections. He lives on the edge of Glebe near the greyhound stadium and his description of Glebe is very evocative to me – “Glebe is one of those places where if you can’t see a pub by looking both ways down the street then you must be standing outside one”. Hardy is a borderline alcoholic, drives an old Falcon with almost bald tires, a heavy smoker and always seems to have luck in seducing the ladies.In this first book Hardy is approached by a very rich man. Bryn Gutteridge to investigate threats made to his twin sister Susan who is in a private sanitorium. Soon Hardy gets drawn into the world of a powerful and disjointed family and after an initial frosty introduction is also surprisingly also hired by Bryn’s beautiful young and rich widowed stepmother, Ailsa. The plot is action-packed but some parts a bit unbelievable with car bombings, torture, attempted hit and runs, and protection of an escaped prisoner, all interlaced into a tale of a fractured but very wealthy family.This was a good introduction to the series but the introduction to Cliff Hardy was what made it work for me. So now I have a big job ahead of me to read some or all of the remaining books in this outstanding Australian series.

⭐ This was originally released in 1980 and I am so sorry I haven’t tried any of Peter Corris’ books. before. I thoroughly enjoyed it. His main hero is Cliff Hardy , a private detective along the lines of characters like Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe. He drinks too much and smokes too much but solves his case in the end. The story moves well, there is no explicit violence and the characters are just sufficiently drawn to fit the story. The story is set in Sydney Australia but the references are vague enough not to deter anyone who does not know Sydney.I will certainly be looking for more of his work although for the early ones I will have to search the second hand book stores since they seem out of print..I can strongly recommend this for a quick read that moves along briskly. I hope his later books move as well as this one.

⭐ If you’re a fan of hard-boiled PI stories–think Spenser and Travis McGee–and you don’t know Australia’s Cliff Hardy… Well, you’re in for a treat. Peter Corris has written over 30 of these tough, gritty Cliff Hardy adventures and they just get better and better. This debut story is actually one of the weaker ones. But if you want to begin at the beginning, this is it. The books are generally available only in Australian editions, but they can all be tracked down on Amazon or other book seller sites.

⭐ This very similar to Peter Robinson and Frank Smith U.K. works, without originality. Maybe a tossed draft of one of their works.

⭐ Great detective yarn with a little Aussie flavor. What’s not to like?

⭐ I was looking forward to beginning this series. Unfortunately I was disappointed – not too much Australiana here. It could be located almost anywhere. Dialogue was a little transatlantic instead of Pacific Continental.

⭐ Somewhat difficult to follow. Maybe it’s the Aussie thing, but more likely just a lack of review and update to keep the reader up to speed on developments of the plot.

⭐ Reading this book – the first in the wonderful series of Cliff Hardy novels by Peter Corris – is an interesting experience, to say the least. We learn many things about Hardy. He is a tough but fair man that wont take mistreatment from anyone. We learn his beloved home in Glebe is a two story, five room townhouse. He reads and sleeps upstairs and listens to music and eats on the ground floor. His musical tastes annoys a neighbour so much they want to buy him out and he drives an adorable old Ford Falcon, which, incidentally, he still owns thirty five books later.Literally speaking, the book is a gold mine. By the half way point of the first chapter, i had come across five phrases worthy enough for me to highlight on my kindle. A sure sign of a pen-master at work when the first book he writes is full of literary gems such as these.And so to the plot. Hardy is hired by a gazillionaire (Mr Bryn Gutteridge) to track down the source of some allegedly obscene harassment of his middle aged twin sister, who is currently under the “care” of a so-called “Dr Brave” in a high security centre in a secluded section of Sydney. It turns out that none of the information supplied to our man Cliff by Bryn can, or will be confirmed by Mr Gutteridge’s former stepmother.Visiting the sister in care is an experience for both Hardy and the reader. We get some physical action with a thug-come-security-officer, and we get some fascinating insights into the sister, the case and the doctor himself once inside.I will say no more of the plot. This book is a classic. It is exciting to read, it makes the reader think (as all good titles in this genre do) and should be mandatory reading for every school student in the country. Highly recommended reading for every fan of Australian crime fiction and this edition comes with a wonderfully fascinating and goose-bump inducing introduction by Charles Waterstreet.BFN Greggorio!

⭐ This is my first Peter Corris novel and I enjoyed it very much but the reader needs to keep in mind that it is set in the past and, more importantly, written there. The attitudes to women, LGBT characters and racial minorities are of their time and, as such, ok for the period ( you may think differently ). If you know Sydney well or you’re interested in it, this is a fun read, traversing the city and its any suburbs with a good knowledge of people and places. I felt a great sense of place and time and this wraps itself around a good thriller involving murder and corruption and some good characters. I have already brought the second novel in this series and look forward to seeing the city, the characters and the social attitudes change as the years roll by.

⭐ I read a couple of the Cliff Hardy books while travelling and living in Australia 25 years ago…I forgot all about them…and they are all the better for coming back to them…because there are more to read! What’s not to like….well written and well observed…they certainly take me back to a Sydney I didn’t see much of…and one that is better written about than lived in! I fully intend to spend the next few years working my way through the series….I know I will enjoy every single moment!

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