Summary
Here I am, on a work day of some importance, riding out of town in a cab with a babe I’ve just concussed with footwear.
’… a comic masterpiece’ – Who Weekly
Richard Derrington is twenty-eight and single. More single than he’d like to be. More single than he’d expected to be, and not coping well. Since Anna trashed him six months ago he’s been trying to find his way again. He’s doing his job badly, he’s playing tennis badly, his renovating attempts haven’t got past the veranda…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781863252867 |
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| ISBN-10: | 186325286X |
| Author: | Nick Earls |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) |
| Imprint: | Bantam |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 109mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Nick Earls
Nick Earls is the author of thirteen books, including bestselling novels such as Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses and Perfect Skin. His work has been published internationally in English and in translation. Zigzag Street won a Betty Trask Award in the UK in 1998, and Perfect Skin was the only novel nominated for an Australian Comedy Award in 2003. 48 Shades of Brown was awarded Book of the Year (older readers) by the Children’s Book Council of Australia in 2000, and in the US it was a Kirkus Reviews selection in its books of the year for 2004. 48 Shades of Brown and Perfect Skin have been adapted into feature films, with Solo un Padre, the film adapted from the Italian edition of Perfect Skin, a top-ten box office hit in Italy in 2008. After January, 48 Shades of Brown, Zigzag Street and Perfect Skin have all been successfully adapted for theatre, and the Zigzag Street play toured nationally in 2005. The True Story of Butterfish is his first work simultaneously written as both a novel and a play.
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