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Quiz: Do you know which book kicked off the outback noir craze?

ABC News Australia - Entertainment & Culture · 3 September 2026 at 4:30 am

As voting opens for ABC Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books Countdown, we take a trip into the murderous outback.

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