Amaze Your Friends
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Author: Peter Doyle
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 5
This work was set in Sydney, in 1959. Billy Glasheen, lurk merchant and low-life, can't take a trick. The past has caught up with him in the form of Fred Slaney, Sydney's meanest, crookedest cop, who wants ten thousand pounds to keep quiet about Glasheen's involvement in the death of a fellow cop. Billy isn't the killer, but he's in it up to his neck and he's an easy target. He's given a simple choice: pay up in six months or take early retirement, six feet down, looking at the sky. But making quick money can be slow work. Billy's dodgy mail-order business selling betting systems and lucky monkey's paws to the mugs isn't going to cut it - he needs a real source of income. Increasingly desperate and with a dozen scams on the boil, he relieves his stress by sneaking off to an opium den in Chinatown. The trouble is, it's not just Slaney who's on his back, and Billy's deadline faces a serious hurdle when he lands in jail on trumped up charges. "Amaze Your Friends" picks up where "Get Rich Quick" left off and is an hilarious romp through the underside of Sydney at the turn of the decade. It's a world of bodgies and beatniks, reefer smoking, popping dexes, racetrack lurks, seedy promoters, rock'n'roll shows, and drunks on skid row. There are cameos from real-life people - Rex Mossop playing his first grand final, Paul Keating as an up-and-coming band manager in the western suburbs, the legendary rock promoter Lee Gordon, and the stripper Sabrina. Peter Doyle has meticulously researched the era and he writes with an eye for detail that takes you right into it. Not just another retro novel, "Amaze Your Friends" is written with all the irony, self-deprecation, wit and street savvy of "Pulp Fiction". About the author: Peter Doyle was born in 1951. He grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, and has worked as a taxi driver and a teacher. He has long had a fascination with music and mass culture, and is currently doing a PhD in cultural studies at Macquarie University. He is also considered (by Toby Creswell among others) to be one of Australia's best blues guitarists and divides his playing time between the Big Top Blues Band and a country-style duet with Ron Blake. Peter Doyle's first novel was "Get Rich Quick". He lives in Newtown with his wife and daughter.
Author: Peter Doyle
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 5
This work was set in Sydney, in 1959. Billy Glasheen, lurk merchant and low-life, can't take a trick. The past has caught up with him in the form of Fred Slaney, Sydney's meanest, crookedest cop, who wants ten thousand pounds to keep quiet about Glasheen's involvement in the death of a fellow cop. Billy isn't the killer, but he's in it up to his neck and he's an easy target. He's given a simple choice: pay up in six months or take early retirement, six feet down, looking at the sky. But making quick money can be slow work. Billy's dodgy mail-order business selling betting systems and lucky monkey's paws to the mugs isn't going to cut it - he needs a real source of income. Increasingly desperate and with a dozen scams on the boil, he relieves his stress by sneaking off to an opium den in Chinatown. The trouble is, it's not just Slaney who's on his back, and Billy's deadline faces a serious hurdle when he lands in jail on trumped up charges. "Amaze Your Friends" picks up where "Get Rich Quick" left off and is an hilarious romp through the underside of Sydney at the turn of the decade. It's a world of bodgies and beatniks, reefer smoking, popping dexes, racetrack lurks, seedy promoters, rock'n'roll shows, and drunks on skid row. There are cameos from real-life people - Rex Mossop playing his first grand final, Paul Keating as an up-and-coming band manager in the western suburbs, the legendary rock promoter Lee Gordon, and the stripper Sabrina. Peter Doyle has meticulously researched the era and he writes with an eye for detail that takes you right into it. Not just another retro novel, "Amaze Your Friends" is written with all the irony, self-deprecation, wit and street savvy of "Pulp Fiction". About the author: Peter Doyle was born in 1951. He grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, and has worked as a taxi driver and a teacher. He has long had a fascination with music and mass culture, and is currently doing a PhD in cultural studies at Macquarie University. He is also considered (by Toby Creswell among others) to be one of Australia's best blues guitarists and divides his playing time between the Big Top Blues Band and a country-style duet with Ron Blake. Peter Doyle's first novel was "Get Rich Quick". He lives in Newtown with his wife and daughter.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Peter Doyle
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 5
This work was set in Sydney, in 1959. Billy Glasheen, lurk merchant and low-life, can't take a trick. The past has caught up with him in the form of Fred Slaney, Sydney's meanest, crookedest cop, who wants ten thousand pounds to keep quiet about Glasheen's involvement in the death of a fellow cop. Billy isn't the killer, but he's in it up to his neck and he's an easy target. He's given a simple choice: pay up in six months or take early retirement, six feet down, looking at the sky. But making quick money can be slow work. Billy's dodgy mail-order business selling betting systems and lucky monkey's paws to the mugs isn't going to cut it - he needs a real source of income. Increasingly desperate and with a dozen scams on the boil, he relieves his stress by sneaking off to an opium den in Chinatown. The trouble is, it's not just Slaney who's on his back, and Billy's deadline faces a serious hurdle when he lands in jail on trumped up charges. "Amaze Your Friends" picks up where "Get Rich Quick" left off and is an hilarious romp through the underside of Sydney at the turn of the decade. It's a world of bodgies and beatniks, reefer smoking, popping dexes, racetrack lurks, seedy promoters, rock'n'roll shows, and drunks on skid row. There are cameos from real-life people - Rex Mossop playing his first grand final, Paul Keating as an up-and-coming band manager in the western suburbs, the legendary rock promoter Lee Gordon, and the stripper Sabrina. Peter Doyle has meticulously researched the era and he writes with an eye for detail that takes you right into it. Not just another retro novel, "Amaze Your Friends" is written with all the irony, self-deprecation, wit and street savvy of "Pulp Fiction". About the author: Peter Doyle was born in 1951. He grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, and has worked as a taxi driver and a teacher. He has long had a fascination with music and mass culture, and is currently doing a PhD in cultural studies at Macquarie University. He is also considered (by Toby Creswell among others) to be one of Australia's best blues guitarists and divides his playing time between the Big Top Blues Band and a country-style duet with Ron Blake. Peter Doyle's first novel was "Get Rich Quick". He lives in Newtown with his wife and daughter.
Author: Peter Doyle
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 5
This work was set in Sydney, in 1959. Billy Glasheen, lurk merchant and low-life, can't take a trick. The past has caught up with him in the form of Fred Slaney, Sydney's meanest, crookedest cop, who wants ten thousand pounds to keep quiet about Glasheen's involvement in the death of a fellow cop. Billy isn't the killer, but he's in it up to his neck and he's an easy target. He's given a simple choice: pay up in six months or take early retirement, six feet down, looking at the sky. But making quick money can be slow work. Billy's dodgy mail-order business selling betting systems and lucky monkey's paws to the mugs isn't going to cut it - he needs a real source of income. Increasingly desperate and with a dozen scams on the boil, he relieves his stress by sneaking off to an opium den in Chinatown. The trouble is, it's not just Slaney who's on his back, and Billy's deadline faces a serious hurdle when he lands in jail on trumped up charges. "Amaze Your Friends" picks up where "Get Rich Quick" left off and is an hilarious romp through the underside of Sydney at the turn of the decade. It's a world of bodgies and beatniks, reefer smoking, popping dexes, racetrack lurks, seedy promoters, rock'n'roll shows, and drunks on skid row. There are cameos from real-life people - Rex Mossop playing his first grand final, Paul Keating as an up-and-coming band manager in the western suburbs, the legendary rock promoter Lee Gordon, and the stripper Sabrina. Peter Doyle has meticulously researched the era and he writes with an eye for detail that takes you right into it. Not just another retro novel, "Amaze Your Friends" is written with all the irony, self-deprecation, wit and street savvy of "Pulp Fiction". About the author: Peter Doyle was born in 1951. He grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, and has worked as a taxi driver and a teacher. He has long had a fascination with music and mass culture, and is currently doing a PhD in cultural studies at Macquarie University. He is also considered (by Toby Creswell among others) to be one of Australia's best blues guitarists and divides his playing time between the Big Top Blues Band and a country-style duet with Ron Blake. Peter Doyle's first novel was "Get Rich Quick". He lives in Newtown with his wife and daughter.
Amaze Your Friends
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