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'Ned is 15. He and his friends while away their days smoking dope, trying to root chicks and surfing at Maroubra. Ned's life is only just beginning - tomorrow, some time.
'Ned is 35. He and his mates drift through the days snorting cocaine, trying to root chicks, clinging to the pub and surfing at Bondi. For Ned, this is it - tomorrow never came.
'What happens when life passes you by? When the drugs no longer work and the promise of the future has become the wreckage of the past? What happens when a generation of men lose their way?' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Marce
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Epigraph: In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself a dark wood, For I had lost the right path.
Dante, The Divine Comedy
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Question Time : Sam de Brito
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 August 2011; (p. 3) -
Truths Just Out of Reach
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 3 no. 5 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel ; The Quakers 2006 single work novel ; Rubbing Mirrors 2007 single work novel -
Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 May 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Misconceptions 2008 single work novel ; The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel ; The Torn Messiah 2008 single work novel -
Lost and Foundering Men
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 May 2008; (p. 40) -
Peter Pan on Drugs
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 April 2008; (p. 62)
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In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of A Rose for the Anzac Boys 2008 single work novel ; The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel -
A Pub Crawl through the Ozmale Psyche
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 April 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel -
Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 May 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Misconceptions 2008 single work novel ; The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel ; The Torn Messiah 2008 single work novel -
Truths Just Out of Reach
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , June vol. 3 no. 5 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of The Lost Boys 2008 single work novel ; The Quakers 2006 single work novel ; Rubbing Mirrors 2007 single work novel -
Peter Pan on Drugs
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 April 2008; (p. 62) -
Lost and Foundering Men
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 May 2008; (p. 40) -
Question Time : Sam de Brito
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 August 2011; (p. 3)
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