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'RPM is a coming-of-age novel set in the early 1980s in a Queensland country town. For a group of young people on the cusp of adulthood, music is their bond and their escape. Narrated by Neil, who is working in the local court house, the novel follows his tentative early forays with girls, his attempts at musical greatness with his band and his dreams of leaving the "peanut town" behind. Along with a lively cast of characters such as JD the DJ, Stephen the Mod, Peaches, Jools One and Jools Two, Neil is drawn to returning London-based musician Ray Peter Manning and his record store, RPM. This is a fictional portrait about small-town life, its challenges and youth on the edge of adulthood.'
Source: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards website, http://www.premiers.qld.gov.au/
Sighted: 01/09/2010
Notes
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Dedication: For Michelle
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 August 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; RPM 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel -
SoundtracK of a Small Town
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 August 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel
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SoundtracK of a Small Town
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 - 7 August 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 91 no. 1 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of RPM 2010 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 August 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Thought Crimes 2011 selected work short story ; RPM 2010 single work novel
Awards
- Kingaroy area, Kingaroy - Murgon - Kilkivan - Woolooga area, Central West Queensland, Queensland,
- 1980s