This excellent machine /

Clem Whelan's got a problem: trapped in the suburbs in the life Sunnyboy summer of 1984 he has to decide what to do with his life. Matriculation? He's more than able, but not remotely interested. Become a writer? His failed lawyer neighbour Peter encourages him, but maybe it's just an...

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Main Author: Orr, Stephen, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2019.
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