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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Fake Prince
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'A fraudster with a fantasy-prone personality poses as a Tahitian Prince while stealing vast sums of money from an Australian government department. His romantic friendship with an environmental journalist shakes up his views and he secretly donates his fortune to causes for environmental protection. Loosely based on actual events, The Fake Prince is an topical 21st-century fable from Australia's New World City - Brisbane - that will draw you in to this upbeat ant-hero and keep you smiling as you journey with Ariki from poverty to wealth, thief to celebrity, consumer addict, and fool in love - until he discovers needs more important than his own.' (Publication summary)

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    • Jindalee, Jindalee - Oxley area, Brisbane - South & South West, Brisbane, Queensland,: JPSFiction , 2018 .
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      Extent: 355p.
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      • Published December 14, 2018

      ISBN: 9780648383819

Works about this Work

[Review] The Fake Prince Mark O'Connor , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 38 no. 1 2019; (p. 65)

— Review of The Fake Prince John Synott , 2018 single work novel

'Synott describes The Fake Prince as fiction, ‘… loosely based on events that happened in Queensland, Australia, from 2007 to 2011’. Clearly referenced is Joel MorehuBarlow, dubbed the ‘fake Tahitian prince’, who was jailed in 2013 on charges of embezzling some $16 million from Queensland’s Department of Health.'  (Introduction)

[Review] The Fake Prince Mark O'Connor , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 38 no. 1 2019; (p. 65)

— Review of The Fake Prince John Synott , 2018 single work novel

'Synott describes The Fake Prince as fiction, ‘… loosely based on events that happened in Queensland, Australia, from 2007 to 2011’. Clearly referenced is Joel MorehuBarlow, dubbed the ‘fake Tahitian prince’, who was jailed in 2013 on charges of embezzling some $16 million from Queensland’s Department of Health.'  (Introduction)

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