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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
Works about this Work
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[Review] Turtle
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 311 2009; (p. 63)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel -
First Flights of Fancy
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel ; Cooee : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; The Twelfth Fish 2008 single work novel ; Fugitive Blue 2008 single work novel -
In Short Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 November 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel -
Penola Puberty Blues
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Everything I Knew : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; Turtle 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Turtle
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel
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[Review] Turtle
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 40)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel -
Penola Puberty Blues
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 November 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Everything I Knew : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; Turtle 2008 single work novel -
In Short Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 November 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel -
First Flights of Fancy
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 November 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel ; Cooee : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; The Twelfth Fish 2008 single work novel ; Fugitive Blue 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Turtle
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 311 2009; (p. 63)
— Review of Turtle 2008 single work novel
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