Old Scores - new reviews and The Perth Freight Link 'The Monthly' article

In the lead-up to the recent sate election I penned an essay in The Monthly on the political processes behind the flawed and destructive Perth Freight Link Project, which can be linked to here - https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2017/march/1488421058/david-whish-wi...

As well, two new reviews for Old Scores are just in:

  • "Crime noir has always had that quality of nostalgia for a lost world that was troubled yet human and where individuals had greater agency within systems. Certainly contemporary corruption, with its commercial in confidence provisions and cost inflations on government contracts, lacks the same readability as stories about bikies, wallopers and girls in bikinis on boats.These all feature in Old Scores, and Whish-Wilson has again delivered a fast-paced, entertaining and smarter than average crime novel." The Weekend Australian, March 18 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/australian-fiction-nexus-bet...
  • "This is the third Frank Swann book in the series and the character develops with each instalment. One aspect of Swann's life makes him almost unique among crime fiction detectives: he's a happily married man. The most impressive thing about this highly readable novel is Whish-Wilson's insight into the way crime permeates the social structure. Our society of lawmakers, law-breakers, law-abiders and law-enforcers is not so much a layer cake as a marble cake, with each category swirled through all the others."Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/old-scores-review-david-whishwilson-brings-back-pi-frank-swann-as-a-fixer-20161223-gth6p7.html