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A Man You Can Bank On
by
Derek Hansen
Is it a CRIME to steal from bookies?
Can you TRUST an ex-Bank Manager?
Lambert Hampton is the man the Munni-Munni locals allturn to, and for good reason. This former bank manager helped them transform three million dollars - stolen from bookies by a gang of robbers - into a rescue package for their dying town.
But now the day of reckoning has come.
The crims want the money.
The...more
Can you TRUST an ex-Bank Manager?
Lambert Hampton is the man the Munni-Munni locals allturn to, and for good reason. This former bank manager helped them transform three million dollars - stolen from bookies by a gang of robbers - into a rescue package for their dying town.
But now the day of reckoning has come.
The crims want the money.
The...more
Paperback, 347 pages
Published
2011
by Hachette Australia
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RICH resources lie buried in the tiny, drought-stricken NSW town of Munni-Munni, purportedly “population bugger all and declining”, where every adult resident drives a modest but newish white Camry and the place is abundant in Jack Russells, each dog named after Australian Stock Exchange shares that have yielded a profit.
Gilded fish swim here, too: millions of dollars lie in wait near or beneath the man-made lake that houses the town’s famous barramundi farm.
This good...more
RICH resources lie buried in the tiny, drought-stricken NSW town of Munni-Munni, purportedly “population bugger all and declining”, where every adult resident drives a modest but newish white Camry and the place is abundant in Jack Russells, each dog named after Australian Stock Exchange shares that have yielded a profit.
Gilded fish swim here, too: millions of dollars lie in wait near or beneath the man-made lake that houses the town’s famous barramundi farm.
This good...more
I don't know - maybe it's because the book is set in a small country town struggling to survive (and I live 20 kilometres or so out of just such a town), or maybe it was the line on the opening page "He had the sort of body normally achieved by eating plankton.", but I was particularly disposed to liking A MAN YOU CAN BANK ON.
It's not going to come as much of a surprise that this is a bit of a romp style novel. There's the local town bank manager, a disgraced cop sent to the outback to serve hi...more
It's not going to come as much of a surprise that this is a bit of a romp style novel. There's the local town bank manager, a disgraced cop sent to the outback to serve hi...more
A man you can bank on had it all and was such an enjoyable read. For a starters it was one of the funniest books ive read in a long time. Set in the rural community of Munni-Munni a settlement that is somehow thriving despite the economic downturn that has devastated other towns. One of the ones most suspect of the towns sudden boom period is Duncan "Stretch" Beddington who is new in town as the sole police officer. The speculation being that a crim by the name of Big Kev and his boys pulled of...more
An absolutely brilliant book that I couldn’t get enough of. Recommended to me by a goodreads reader, it had everything I could want in a novel. It was funny, fast-paced, dramatic and even slightly romantic.
Hansen has a brilliant technique of creating a vast array of characters that are all so unique and wonderfully written. He makes a way to connect with each one of them from the Detective Inspector, to the local garage owner to the two most notorious hit-men in Australia. I particularly liked S...more
Hansen has a brilliant technique of creating a vast array of characters that are all so unique and wonderfully written. He makes a way to connect with each one of them from the Detective Inspector, to the local garage owner to the two most notorious hit-men in Australia. I particularly liked S...more
Pretty funny, a bit cliche at times, but still a good holiday read.
Quite enjoyed this book, amusing read!!
Great Book, lots of lol moments.
Eat your heart out Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard. Here is a quirky crime story with an Australian accent. I discovered a while ago Derek Hansen could write great dramatic novels, now he's come up with this comic bottler.
Laugh out loud! I usually wouldn't pick up a book like this, but I am so glad someone put it up for my bookclub list. Would make a great Aussie movie!
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