A couple of things before the end
Subtitle: stories
By: Sean O'Beirne
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Carlton, VIC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781760641283
Subjects: Social life and customs; Fiction; Social conditions; Manners and customs
Description: "A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild Barry Humphries. A man looks back to the 1970s, and his time as a member of Australia's least competent scout troop. In 1988, a teenage boy recalls his sexual initiation, out on the tanbark. In 2015, two sisters text in Kmart about how to manage their irascible, isolated mum. Then, in the near future, a racist demagogue - a kind of Australian Trump - talks to the press the day after his electoral triumph. And as the cities heat up and lose their water, a lady from one of the 'better suburbs' makes every effort to get her family into a gated community. This is Australia, in all its glories and its foibles - and its insularity and fear. These stories are a reflection of where we are now, and where we may be headed."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Scout; title: Royals; title: Homage to Barry Humphries; title: Jack; title: Nathan and Jordan; title: Footy mysteries; title: Mands '88; title: The ANZAC spirit; title: The poofter bus; title: To Shel, mostly about mum; title: Julian, 11 am; title: A night with the fellas; title: Curry; title: Nauru; title: Leader; title: Water girl ty tucky; title: Missy; title: Bunker.