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Set in a bleak and rain-bedrizzled Glasgow, this is the story of Donald Pinelli, whose mother Trixie is not only mad, she's psychic too - not a good combination, especially when it means she's convinced Donald is cursed to die by drowning on his eighteenth birthday. As if that it isn't enough, Donald has to contend with a gangster father, siblings who hate him and a best friend who betrays him. Life's mince, and no mistake. But an unexpected encounter with a cantankerous turtle in a rundown zoo abruptly sets young Donald on a crash course in survival.

'Years later, Trixie's death brings an older but not much wiser Donald back to Glasgow - to attend her funeral, sort through his childhood memories, come to terms with his failures, and maybe, who knows, forge a new life for himself without his carapace of bitterness and resentment. (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2008 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 311p.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 1st 2008
      ISBN: 9781741753660 (pbk.)
      Series: Number in series: QU

Works about this Work

[Review] Turtle Rjurik Davidson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 311 2009; (p. 63)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
First Flights of Fancy Jo Case , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2008; (p. 23)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel ; Cooee : A Novel Vivienne Kelly , 2008 single work novel ; The Twelfth Fish Graham Perrett , 2008 single work novel ; Fugitive Blue Claire Thomas , 2008 single work novel
In Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 November 2008; (p. 34)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
Penola Puberty Blues Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Everything I Knew : A Novel Peter Goldsworthy , 2008 single work novel ; Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Turtle Chris Currie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 40)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Turtle Chris Currie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 40)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
Penola Puberty Blues Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2008; (p. 14)

— Review of Everything I Knew : A Novel Peter Goldsworthy , 2008 single work novel ; Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
In Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 November 2008; (p. 34)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
First Flights of Fancy Jo Case , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2008; (p. 23)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel ; Cooee : A Novel Vivienne Kelly , 2008 single work novel ; The Twelfth Fish Graham Perrett , 2008 single work novel ; Fugitive Blue Claire Thomas , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Turtle Rjurik Davidson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 311 2009; (p. 63)

— Review of Turtle Gary Bryson , 2008 single work novel
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