    he died with a felafel in his hand is a novel by australian author john birmingham, first published in 1994 by the yellow press (isbn 1-875989-21-8). the story consists of a collection of colourful anecdotes about living in share houses in brisbane and other cities in australia with variously dubious housemates. the title refers to a deceased heroin addict found in one such house. the book was subsequently adapted into a popular stage play and, in 2001, was made into a film by richard lowenstein, starring noah taylor, emily hamilton and sophie lee. in 2004, to celebrate the book's ten-year anniversary, birmingham approached comic artist ryan vella to produce a graphic novel of the book. the pair met in april of that year at artspace mackay, for the opening of the headspace exhibition. the comic was published in september 2004 by duffy & snellgrove (isbn 1-876631-95-3). ==synopsis== while the book is not written in a linear fashion the order of houses (and house mates) john lives in is as follows: 1st place - the boulevade * tom lived in the garage * mel lived upstairs. her boyfriend warren moved in some time later. when they moved out, replaced by * andy the med student (dr death) moved in tom moved out and is replaced by * derek the bank clerk 2nd place * tom and john got a new place * derek the bank clerk (lived in a tent). replaced by * martin the paranoid wargamer. lasted three weeks and was replaced by * taylor the taxi driver 3rd place - king street * pj * milo * pj moved out, replaced by * the 7&nbsp;ft nurse, replaced by * ray, replaced by * malcolm and his charlie brown bowls, replaced by * victor the rasta, replaced by * mcgann the american in his mid 40âs with a fondness for prostitutes, replaced by * taylor the taxi driver. taylor at the time was having personal issues. he ambushed his fellow housemates with a toy gun after hiding for an hour. he told them if it was a real gun they would all be dead. john saw this as good reason to move out 4th place - duke street (brisbane) * thunderbird ron * macgyver the mushroom farmer * neal the albino mo
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