In this funny, satirical book, Molly Rowbottom is the latest in a long line to take charge of the family homestead near Canberra. Once it was the h...
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Jan 27, 2012
John
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Between the crocodiles, the sucking-up politicians and the red smoke grenades, there are lots of laughs in this funny, satirical novel.
It is set in Australia but some of the main players are expats and the back story is rooted in an orphanage in south London.
Follow some idiosyncratic characters trying to thrive in a world beset with its environmental and societal issues.
The most over-the-top of all is Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe ("Oh, do call me Major B More...
It is set in Australia but some of the main players are expats and the back story is rooted in an orphanage in south London.
Follow some idiosyncratic characters trying to thrive in a world beset with its environmental and societal issues.
The most over-the-top of all is Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe ("Oh, do call me Major B More...
Jan 28, 2012
John
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Molly Rowbottom is the latest in a long line to take charge of the family homestead near Canberra, once the home of affluent graziers. But although the locals still look up to her, she is cash poor and has had to lease part of the land to a wind-power farm just to make ends meet. That's not enough though and the bank threatens to take it all: her home along with her heritage.
Enter Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe, a former mercenary, who has a much higher opinion of his own abilities t More...
Enter Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe, a former mercenary, who has a much higher opinion of his own abilities t More...
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