Death In Brunswick (Paperback)

Boyd Oxlade

ISBN 10: 1922079804 / ISBN 13: 9781922079800

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. Introduced byShane MaloneyDown on his luck and hard up for cash, Carl works in the kitchen of a seedy rock 'n' roll joint in ethnically diverse Brunswick. The bouncers and bosses terrify him, he's desperately in love with a much younger Greek waitress, and to make matters worse his mother has come to stay with him.Then a dead body turns up. He and his best mate, Dave, will have to do something about it, and fast-or it's goodnight, Carl.A cult hit later made into a film starring John Clarke, Sam Neill and Zoe Carides,Death in Brunswickis a classic Australian comedy.With a new introduction by Shane Maloney, author of the Murray Whelan crime thrillers and head honcho of the Brunswick Institute. A cult hit later made into a film starring Sam Neill, Death in Brunswick is a classic Australian comedy. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death In Brunswick (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1922079804
• ISBN 13: 9781922079800
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Down on his luck, Carl works in a seedy rock 'n' roll joint. When a dead body turns up he'll have to do something about it, and fast—or it's goodnight, Carl.

A cult hit made into a film starring Sam Neill, Death in Brunswick is a classic Australian comedy.

About the Author

Boyd Oxlade: After attending an Australian university, Boyd Oxlade lived in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton — for a time in a converted chicken shed — before the suburb became gentrified, and worked occasionally as a cook and as a gravedigger, but was mostly on government benefits: once for nine years straight.

Hoping in vain to make some money, Oxlade wrote Death in Brunswick. It was published by Heinemann in 1987 and acclaimed for its finely tuned comic depiction of Melbourne&;s ethnically diverse northern suburbs.

He co-wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of the novel with the director John Ruane. Released in 1991, the movie starred Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John Clarke, and became a cult hit. Its grave-digging scene remains one of the most famous moments in Australian cinema.