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Synopsis
Runner Up, Australian/Vogel Literary Award 1995 Listen Verl, Nelson clasped her hand. There's an ugly bunch of people sittin in that backyard. When they're full of piss they'll say things. Try not to let em get to ya. There'll come a time, later on tonight, when things are likely to get pretty savage. That'll mean it's time to go. We'll stay until just before breakin point. Nelson works in a sawmill by day and makes love to the beautiful, and older, Verlene by night. His family is crazy and it's amazing that he isn't. This is a bongs for breakfast, beer for lunch and Scotch for dinner kind of town. Twenty-one-year-old James Ricks doesn't pull his punches in this fabulous, rollicking, colloquial novel, which shows us how tough - and how loving - life can be. Shortlisted for the 1995 Australian/Vogel Literary Award.
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About the Author
James Ricks has lived in the Bunbury region of Western Australia all his life. Two years ago he completed high school and since then has worked for a grand total of six months at the wood mill which provided him with the inspiration for Eleven Months In Bunbury. He enrolled at Edith Cowan University where he studied English. During this time he began to work on Eleven Months In Bunbury. He is currently working on his second novel.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- ISBN 10 1864482141
- ISBN 13 9781864482140
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages168
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