What could Les Norton possibly be doing in Nimbin, the hippie capital of Australia? And how did the little green tree-frog in Les's backyard start it all?
Robert G. Barret Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Dieser Autor schöpft aus seiner Vergangenheit in der rauen Welt des Metzgerhandwerks und der Fleischverarbeitung und durchtränkt seine Erzählungen mit einer rohen, authentischen Stimme. Sein Schreiben erfasst die ungeschönte Realität des Lebens der Arbeiterklasse und erforscht Themen wie Widerstandsfähigkeit und die alltäglichen Kämpfe gewöhnlicher Menschen. Durch seine unverwechselbar bodenständige Prosa bietet er den Lesern einen kraftvollen und unerschrockenen Einblick in den menschlichen Geist.
Newcastle electrician Mick Vincent had almost everything in life he wanted. Jesse Ossbourne, the bookshop owner he loved. A big house at Bar Beach he owned, and a 1936 Buick Roadmaster he cherished. The only thing missing in Mick's life was a pressure plate for his Buick.
Davo's Little Something
- 323 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
All easy-going butcher Bob Davis wanted after his divorce was to get on with his job, have a few beers with his mates, and be left alone. But this was Sydney in the early Eighties - the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic, street gangs, gay bashings and murders.When a gang of skinheads bash Davo's old school- friend to death simply because he was gay, and leave Davo almost dead in an intensive care unit, they unleash a crazed killer onto the city streets. Before the summer had ended, over thirty corpses had turned up in the morgue, leaving two bewildered detectives to find out where they were coming from.Davo's Little Something is not for the squeamish. Although written with lashings of black humour the action is chillingly brutal - a story of a serial killer bent on avenging himself on the street tribes of Sydney…
Les Norton: Between The Devlin And The Deep Blue Seas
- 230 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Les Norton’s apartment block in Randwick was proving to be nothing but trouble, full of mayhem and murder. It seemed the longer he owned it the more money he lost. But while he’s trying to solve his financial problems, Les still has time to fight hate-crazed roadies, sort out a drug deal after fighting a gang of bikies, help a feminist Balmain writer with some research she won’t forget in a hurry, and get involved with Franulka, a super-sexy leadsinger of an all-girl rock band, The Heathen Harlots. And with the help of two ex-Romanian Securitate explosive experts, he might even be able to sort out his investment. But can Les pull off the perfect crime?
Les Norton: The Boys From Binjiwunyawunya
- 315 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
NOW AN ABC TELEVISION DRAMA STARRING DAVID WENHAM AND REBEL WILSON There's no two ways about Les Norton-the carrot-topped country boy who works as a bouncer at Sydney's top illegal casino. He's tough and he's mean. He's got a granite jaw , fists like hams, and they say the last time he took a tenner from his wallet Henry Lawson blinked at the light.Lethal but loyal, he's always good for a laugh. In this, the third collection of Les Norton adventures, Les gets his boss off the hook. But not without the help of the boy from Binjiwunyawunya.Les then finds himself in a spot of bother in Long Bay Gaol then in a lot more bother on a St. Kilda tram in Melbourne.