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Charmaine Clancy
Jul 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
I can see how this will be a love it or yawn at it read. I really enjoyed the fragility of the characters and loved the protagonist's voice most of the time. I liked the idea of identity the author played with, I got to know the names of many of the characters, except the protagonist, if it was mentioned, I missed it. But I think that was the point, he was losing himself. My only negative with this novel was it painted a bleak view of Melbourne in this era and there wasn't a trustworthy person i ...more
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Jenny
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Couldn't care enough to read more than thirty or so pages. ...more
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Jacinta Hoare
Oct 05, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: aussie-author, 2016
Funny, chaotic, hectic, fanciful. The Underbelly of inner city Melbourne in 1959 through the eyes of an eleven year old boy. Highly recommended.
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