If That Was Lunch, We've Had It - Softcover

Colbert, D J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1738600319 ISBN 13: 9781738600311

Publisher: Rireana Press, 2023

Synopsis

If That Was Lunch, We've Had It is a humorous yarn that keeps a highly entertaining momentum. The author uses an observational, witty style that brings life to odd jobs, like early-morning bakery shifts where dropped sausage rolls become lunch. The chapters unfold nicely through the years, changing from early get-rich-quick schemes to a chaotic hitchhiking journey across Australia featuring eccentric drivers and a night spent in a rainy cemetery. The situation with the predatory publishing scam adds an interesting layer of intrigue, which the author fits alongside the realities of chronic illness and aging parents. It is great to read about a bond between two people that survives so many decades of transition. I think it's a great read for anyone who wants a funny, realistic look at life's unpredictable timing - Makeda Cummings for Readers' Favorite - 5 Stars
 
Listen up, people!
 
Rodney here. This book is about me and my mate Will and our attempts to write a book. I hope you get the irony because this book is a test of your sense of humor. Not everyone can write a book (or have a sense of humor - just read the reviews) which may or may not include me, but I'm not spilling the beans on that at this early stage of our relationship.
 
Anyway, in the book, Will and I spend a lot of time avoiding responsibility and real work, which, in my humble opinion, is what most people want to do but won't admit to. We ricochet around lots of jobs like hospital orderly, farm worker, merchant seaman, lawyer, and pineapple picker in lots of different places like Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Singapore, the UK, Canada, and the USA, and we play a lot of sport, and I waste some time dating nurses. But in the end ...no, sorry, you'll just have to read for yourself what happens in our climate-challenged, topsy-turvy, scandal-mongered world where we're all wondering who will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
 
In the meantime, eat chocolate fish (an Antipodean delicacy), read like a demon, and don't spare the hubris. (What on earth does that mean you say? Don't ask me, I'm just a character.) 
 
Catch the cosmo flow,
 
Rodney

About this title

About the Author

D J Colbert is from Aotearoa/New Zealand. He lives on a boat in the southwest Pacific, most often in Vanuatu, where he and his wife run an aid organisation specialising in health, education, and disaster relief work. He has published poetry, drama, and fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rireana Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1738600319
• ISBN 13: 9781738600311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274