The Malcontenta

The Malcontenta is a 1995 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Barry Maitland.

Critical reception
Writing in The Canberra Times Peter Bowler noted: "Professor Maitland's writing has all the special strengths that one would expect in an architect: structural soundness, a feeling for the shape and romance of his mise en scene, and, as a bonus for the reader, an element of interesting architectural instruction. More surprisingly, it has none of the classic weaknesses of the profession. He gets on with the job. "

Awards

 * Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 1996: joint winner

Publication history
After its initial publication in the uk in 1995 by Hamish Hamilton, the novel was reprinted as follows:


 * Penguin, UK 1996
 * Arcade, USA, 2000
 * Orion, UK 2000
 * Penguin, USA 2001

The novel has been translated into German (Ein Hauch von Angst, 1995), French (La malcontenta, 2000) and Italian (Malcontenta, 2002).

Dedication
"Dedication: For Clare and Alex/With my very special thanks to Margaret, and to those people who have helped bring Brock and Cathy [sic] to print, in particular Kate Jones and Jill Hickson."

Reviews

 * "Australian Crime Fiction database"
 * "Italian Mysteries"