A couple of things before the end : stories / Sean O'Beirne.
Publication details: Carlton, VIC : Black Inc., 2020.Description: 199 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 1760641286
- 9781760641283
- A823.4 23
- PR8298.B45 C68 2020
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Short stories | OBE | Issued | 26/04/2024 | 070407 |
Scout -- Royals -- Homage to Barry Humphries -- Jack -- Nathan and Jordan -- Footy mysteries -- Mands '88 -- The ANZAC spirit -- The poofter bus -- To Shel, mostly about mum -- Julian, 11 am -- A night with the fellas -- Curry -- Nauru -- Leader -- Water girl ty tucky -- Missy -- Bunker.
"A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild Barry Humphries. A man looks back to the 1970s, and his time as a member of Australia's least competent scout troop. In 1988, a teenage boy recalls his sexual initiation, out on the tanbark. In 2015, two sisters text in Kmart about how to manage their irascible, isolated mum. Then, in the near future, a racist demagogue - a kind of Australian Trump - talks to the press the day after his electoral triumph. And as the cities heat up and lose their water, a lady from one of the 'better suburbs' makes every effort to get her family into a gated community. This is Australia, in all its glories and its foibles - and its insularity and fear. These stories are a reflection of where we are now, and where we may be headed."--Provided by publisher.