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y separately published work icon High Noon in Nimbin single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Les Norton Robert G. Barrett , 1985 series - author novel short story (number 20 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 High Noon in Nimbin
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'Arranging the hit on Fabio was off tap, and Les knew it. And when you get Sydney's deadliest killer to do the hit, there's always a quid pro quo. So Les is off to Nimbin in NSW to help an old army mate of Eddie Salita's open a bar, the Double L. Ranch. Which suited Les since he had to take his friend Tony Nathan the surf photographer to the waxhead wedding of the year at Blueys Beach, and it was on the way.

'The waxhead wedding of the year turned into the ethnic brawl of the decade. However, Les found comfort in the arms of Janet the Gannet from the Forbidden Planet. In Nimbin, Les found himself working as a DJ for a nutter with a nightclub where dancing was prohibited. He also found racial tension, the Russian Spetsnaz and Norwegian backpackers. Add a drug overdose and, before Les knew it, he found himself in a firefight with a bunch of inbreds wanting to kill the bar owner. A fun town Nimbin wasn't. Not even for a quarter of a million dollars worth of gold.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: I want to dedicate this book to two footballers, Andrew Johns and Wendell Sailor. Not because I'm a rugby league nut or I'm a particular fan of theirs, but these two men took a bit of a fall and got hammered unmercifully by the media only for being who they are. Yet they took it on the chin and bounced back bigger and better than ever. I think this is full-on Australian and highly admirable. Onya boys.

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Works about this Work

[Review] High Noon In Nimbin Beau Taylor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
Review Ian Nichols , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 April 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 April 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel ; The China Garden Kristina Olsson , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 March 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel ; The China Garden Kristina Olsson , 2009 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 April 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
Review Ian Nichols , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 April 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
[Review] High Noon In Nimbin Beau Taylor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of High Noon in Nimbin Robert G. Barrett , 2010 single work novel
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