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Manic Streets of Perth: An Australian Comedy

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manic Streets of Perth: An Australian Comedy written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2005-04-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perth. It's thousands of miles from anywhere, it's got a rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the laid-back locals are being eaten by sharks. Well, that's what expat reporter Paul Lewis thinks, but after a lonely Manic Street Preachers fan reveals her disastrously unlucky life suddenly nothing's the same... Manic Streets of Perth - Where a snake-wielding robber is just the start of your troubles. Gentler and warmer than Dave Franklin's other novels, Manic Streets is an easy to read comedy. "The storytelling is deft, sweet and funny; Brookmyre-esque without the gore, and is recommended. Manics fans, especially Richeyites, will enjoy the frequent references to the band, and the recurring theme of Kim's obsession with Small Black Flowers." - Forever Delayed (Manic Street Preachers website) "Franklin crafts the central players with great ease to such an extent that the hot and mundane Perth streets are secondary. In fact, this enthralling tale could be set in any Australian town or city." - Quest Newspapers "The title may make Dullsville sound exciting, but the protagonist of Manic Streets of Perth is defiantly less than flattering about our fair city. Still, if you like fiction offbeat and on the edgy side, there's plenty of humour, pathos and plain speaking." - Scoop magazine "I loved Manic Streets - there was a great story underlying a slightly madcap series of events and characters that really pulled the reader through. There are some great characters in this story - the self-pitying, slightly idiotic journalist Paul, Kim's father (sans both legs), the support group for people with very unfortunate names, and Kim herself. Kim's just fabulous - real - strong - vivid." - Australian Crime Fiction (This story is also available in the anthology, Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies).

Manic Streets of Perth

Author : David Franklin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958006118
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Manic Streets of Perth written by David Franklin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crime comedy that centres on a group of misfits in Australia all struggling to make better lives for themselves. Perth. It's thousands of kilometres from anywhere, it's got a really rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the placid locals are being eaten by sharks. Well, that's what grumpy expat reporter Paul Lewis thinks, but after a lonely Manic Street Preachers fan reveals her disastrously unlucky life suddenly nothing's the same... Manic Streets of Perth- Where a snake-wielding robber is just the start of your troubles. Gentler and warmer than Franklin's other novels, Manic Streets of Perth is an easy to read comedy. 'The storytelling is deft, sweet and funny; Brookmyre-esque without the gore, and is recommended. Manics fans, especially Richeyites, will enjoy the frequent references to the band, and the recurring theme of Kim's obsession with Small Black Flowers.' - Forever Delayed (Manic Street Preachers website) 'Franklin crafts the central players with great ease to such an extent that the hot and mundane Perth streets are secondary. In fact, this enthralling tale could be set in any Australian town or city.' - Quest Newspapers 'I loved Manic Streets - there was a great story underlying a slightly madcap series of events and characters that really pulled the reader through. There are some great characters in this story - the self-pitying, slightly idiotic journalist Paul, Kim's father (sans both legs), the support group for people with very unfortunate names, and Kim herself. Kim's just fabulous - real - strong - vivid.' - Australian Crime Fiction 'The title may make Dullsville sound exciting, but the protagonist of Manic Streets of Perth is defiantly less than flattering about our fair city. Still, if you like fiction offbeat and on the edgy side, there's plenty of humour, pathos and plain speaking.' - Scoop magazine Length: 67,000 words

English Toss on Planet Andong: A Dark Teaching Comedy

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Toss on Planet Andong: A Dark Teaching Comedy written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biting black comedy that centres on three hopeless expat teachers in South Korea. Every year thousands of people travel to faraway lands to teach English as a foreign language. The fools. One such expat is Paul Taylor, a heartbroken Aussie looking for a fresh start in a South Korean classroom. The lack of training isn't much of a help, but it's the baffling natives and unhinged flatmates that really start to convince him he's crash-landed in another galaxy... Packed with over the top characters, English Toss is a demented sitcom of a novel that revels in the extremes of expat dislocation. 'The author has an excellent ear for dialogue and some of his set-pieces are laugh out loud funny.' - Groove Korea magazine 'Startlingly different.' - Australian Crime Fiction '...the writing has pace, and is hilarious in places. An expose on Korean culture on and ESL teaching this book is not. But as a simple black comedy, English Toss is worth reading.' - The Korea Herald

Camaraderie

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Camaraderie written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friends. We all need them. And some of us are happy to go to extraordinary lengths to find them... This ebook contains a bonus story, The Dead Belong With The Dead. Both stories can be found in the dark fiction anthology, Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy.

Then Came The Last Days Of May

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Then Came The Last Days Of May written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many Blue Oyster Cult references can you spot? Set in the Australian outback, this elegiac novella can also be found in the dark fiction anthologies Riders on the Storm and Other Killer Songs & Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy.

The Goodreads Killer

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goodreads Killer written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Ultorem's burning obsession to make it as a writer has broken him. And in the chaotic world of his disintegrating psyche, someone’s got to pay… The Goodreads Killer – Talk is cheap, but murder costs nothing. This very violent, blackly comic novel collects together all three parts of The Goodreads Killer.

To Dare A Future

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Dare A Future written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2002-04-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have black thoughts. It's just some of us act on them. A van driver with abduction and murder on his mind. An eleven-year-old girl snatched on her way home from ballet. A tortured reporter, happy to use her death and the terrifying reign of a child killer to help make his name... "Don't let the rather bland title put you off - this second novel by Dave Franklin is an impressive pacey read, spiced with ethical dilemmas as well as his earthy dialogue and humour." - Sunday Times "Franklin's first novel, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith, introduced his unique brand of bitter humour as he journeyed out of Wales into Aussie territory. In this new book, Franklin chooses to return to familiar territory, setting the novel in Portsmouth, on England's south coast. His raw-edged honesty and earthy humour combine to make a compelling portrayal of one man's undoing against a backdrop of murder, brutality and desperate love. It is a gritty and vicious novel with an unredeemable hero." - Post Newspapers This novel includes a FREE 3,500-word crime story, Camaraderie.

Straitjacket Blues 3

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Straitjacket Blues 3 written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humiliated teacher, a desert rendezvous, and a little boy who makes a new friend... The pleasure of your company is requested for a final stroll into emotional quicksand. Contains Brief Meetings, Maintaining A Certain Image, Then Came The Last Days Of May & The Goodreads Killer (Part 3).

Riders on the Storm and Other Killer Songs

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riders on the Storm and Other Killer Songs written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stories set in 1950s America, 1970s Australia and Victorian London, Dave Franklin turns three killer rock songs into horrifying tales of crime: Riders on the Storm (The Doors) Then Came the Last Days of May (Blue Oyster Cult) Nice Man Jack (John Miles) In this murder-packed anthology, a young man vows to live by the gun and roam, three boys dream of escaping their outback town, and a well-respected gentleman takes to the streets of Whitechapel. Nice Man Jack & Then Came the Last Days of May are also available separately. Dave Franklin has written ten novels.

Girls Like Funny Boys

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girls Like Funny Boys written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part coming of age story and part exploration of the maddening nature of dreams, Girls Like Funny Boys is a potent mix of sexual obsession, guilt and fame. 'Gina crouched, resting on her haunches to continue the conversation. Her legs were too far apart. There was a hole in her black tights just above the left knee. Johnny felt a hot urge to poke a finger in it. He wished she'd leave him alone. He wished she wasn't wearing tights. He stared at her lopsided mouth and the way her fat lower lip jutted out. It was so red it bordered on purple, the colour of strawberries on the turn.' Meet Johnny Goodwin. He's grown up in a quiet Brisbane suburb with loving parents, a faithful dog and an unrequited yearning for his teenage sweetheart, Angie Everson. Now in his last year at school, he's finally caught her eye by starring in a teacher-baiting pantomime. Dreams are already taking shape of a career in entertainment, perhaps with Angie by his side. And all he's got to do is pass his exams, get to uni and keep away from Gina Wood, that weird girl who once let him touch her… "Girls Like Funny Boys wasn't what I expected - and that's simply not fair as Dave Franklin's not meant to be writing to a formula. But I really didn't expect to find this as engaging, involving and emotional as I did. I loved Johnny, rode the waves of his life every step of the way. I laughed out loud at points and found myself sniffing back tears at others... Most of all I just loved this book." - Australian Crime Fiction Length: 115,000 words.

The Goodreads Killer 1

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goodreads Killer 1 written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Ultorem's burning obsession to make it as a writer has broken him. And in the chaotic world of his disintegrating psyche, someone’s got to pay… The Goodreads Killer 1 – Talk is cheap, but murder costs nothing. All three parts of this violent, blackly comic romp have been gathered together in The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy. They also feature in the dark fiction anthology Begin The Madness.

Straitjacket Blues 2

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Straitjacket Blues 2 written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charnel house, a medieval lord who plays God, and a devastated young woman who just can't let go... Dave Franklin presents his second collection of bedtime stories for the children of the damned. Contains Greetings, You Who Are Highly Favoured!, We Should Be More Like Fish, The Dead Belong With The Dead, & The Goodreads Killer (Part Two).

The Goodreads Killer 2

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Goodreads Killer 2 written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Ultorem - author, madman and critic-slayer - is back!

We Should Be More Like Fish

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Should Be More Like Fish written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sickened by man’s barbarity, a medieval lord decides to conduct a bold experiment. This brutal tale can also be found in the dark fiction collection, Begin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy.

Blundering Blokes (Looking for Sarah Jane Smith, Girls Like Funny Boys & To Dare A Future)

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blundering Blokes (Looking for Sarah Jane Smith, Girls Like Funny Boys & To Dare A Future) written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A three-novel anthology that wallows in dark, twisted humour, sexual obsession and the latent violence of the male animal. Book 1: Looking For Sarah Jane Smith Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex. But a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from his stupid mates, the loveable loser John and the ultra-macho Wasp Boy. Maybe he'll even meet an exquisite girl like his Doctor Who heroine, Sarah Jane Smith, and live happily ever after… Looking for Sarah Jane Smith – For anyone who suspects life's a bit rubbish. Part road trip and part celebration of idiotic male friendship, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith is sure to strike a chord with those who appreciate Withnail & I, Peep Show and Bill Hicks. '...if there's one thing that stands out about this, it's how bloody funny it is. I actually packed Looking for Sarah Jane Smith for a long-haul flight and such a page-turner did it prove to be that I finished it within a couple of hours.' - Living Abroad Magazine '...A bitter, crude, but funny book... These boys are not particularly likeable, but their story is raw, honest, unsophisticated and rooted in bittersweet reality.' - Post Newspapers 'An agreeably raucous novel that touches on Dr Who and men behaving badly. Its strong language and adult scenes make it the perfect Christmas gift for that impressionable nephew.' - The West Australian Book 2: Girls Like Funny Boys Part coming of age story, part exploration of the maddening nature of dreams, Girls Like Funny Boys is a potent mix of sexual obsession, guilt and fame. "Gina crouched, resting on her haunches to continue the conversation. Her legs were too far apart. There was a hole in her black tights just above the left knee. Johnny felt a hot urge to poke a finger in it. He wished she'd leave him alone. He wished she wasn't wearing tights. He stared at her lopsided mouth and the way her fat lower lip jutted out. It was so red it bordered on purple, the colour of strawberries on the turn." Meet Johnny Goodwin. He's grown up in a quiet Brisbane suburb with loving parents, a faithful dog and an unrequited yearning for his teenage sweetheart, Angie Everson. Now in his last year at school, he's finally caught her eye by starring in a teacher-baiting pantomime. Dreams are already taking shape of a career in entertainment, perhaps with Angie by his side. All he's got to do is pass his exams, get to uni and keep away from Gina Wood, that weird girl who once let him touch her… 'Girls Like Funny Boys wasn't what I expected - and that's simply not fair as Dave Franklin's not meant to be writing to a formula. But I really didn't expect to find this as engaging, involving and quite as emotional as I did. I loved Johnny, rode the waves of his life every step of the way. Most of all I just loved this book.' - Australian Crime Fiction Book 3: To Dare A Future A van driver with abduction and murder on his mind. An eleven-year-old girl snatched on her way home from ballet. A tortured reporter, happy to use her death and the terrifying reign of a child killer to help make his name… To Dare A Future – We all have black thoughts. It's just some of us act on them. 'Don't let the rather bland title put you off – this is an impressive read, spiced with ethical dilemmas as well as earthy dialogue and humour.' – Sunday Times

Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evil Arse Soup: Three Ultra-Dark Comedies written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome. Come amuse yourself in the company of slime-dripping vagina jaws, Aboriginal ABBA tribute bands and Deliverance-quoting parrots. This trio of politically incorrect comedies, which bleakly focus on male inadequacy and misogyny, will introduce you to a bunch of chronic misfits kicking around Wales, Australia and South Korea. But be warned - you may grow to like some of them. Just make sure you don't leave this little encyclopaedia of dysfunction on your maiden aunt's chair... Book 1: Looking For Sarah Jane Smith Marty's living in a Welsh town he hates, doing a job he's lost interest in and so bored he can't even be bothered with sex. But a new life beckons in Australia. It's also a chance to get away from his stupid mates, the loveable loser John and the ultra-macho Wasp Boy. Maybe he'll even meet an exquisite girl like his Doctor Who heroine, Sarah Jane Smith, and live happily ever after... Looking for Sarah Jane Smith - For anyone who suspects life's a bit rubbish. Part road trip and part celebration of idiotic male friendship, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith is sure to strike a chord with those who appreciate The Inbetweeners, Peep Show and Bill Hicks. Book 2: Manic Streets of Perth Perth. It's thousands of miles from anywhere, it's got a rubbish Bell Tower and not enough of the laidback locals are being eaten by sharks. Well, that's what expat reporter Paul Lewis thinks, but after a lonely Manic Street Preachers fan reveals her disastrously unlucky life suddenly nothing's the same... Manic Streets of Perth - Where a snake-wielding robber is just the start of your troubles. Gentler and warmer than Dave Franklin's other novels, Manic Streets of Perth is an easy to read comedy. Book 3: English Toss on Planet Andong Every year thousands of people travel to faraway lands to teach English as a foreign language. The fools. One such expat is Paul Taylor, a heartbroken Aussie looking for a fresh start in a South Korean classroom. The lack of training isn't much of a help, but it's the baffling natives and unhinged flatmates that really start to convince him he's crash-landed in another galaxy... Packed with over the top characters, English Toss is a demented sitcom of a novel that revels in the extremes of expat dislocation. Total length: 240,000 words.

Eaters of Evil Spirits

Author : Dave Franklin
Publisher : Baby Ice Dog Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eaters of Evil Spirits written by Dave Franklin and published by Baby Ice Dog Press. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient forces guarding a walled African city have been disrupted. People are getting sick, crops are failing and disaster looms. Is it connected to the arrival of a mysterious child? This story can also be found in the anthology A Promise of Pain: A Collection of Dark Psychological Writing.