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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 That Thing I Did
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'Five misfits hit the road in a haunted hearse, on a madcap road-trip from their prison-bordering suburb behind the 'Mullet-Proof Fence' to small-town Mount Gambier.

'After Taylor Kennedy makes a fatal Facebook error and is dumped by his best friend, he's befriended by his eccentric next-door neighbour. Aspiring pornographer Chip drives a funeral hearse and talks to dead people, and he wants Taylor's help.

'But mild-mannered prison escapee Jackson Rollock has other plans. They're liberating Jackson's beloved, mouthy grandmother from her nursing home and hitting the road to fulfil her dying wish - with beautiful hitchhiker Chloe on board.

'They'll break the rules, bare their souls ... and make a shitload of questionable jokes, while inadvertently exploring sexuality, consent, the dark side of social media, mental health and friendship.

'Frank, fearless and taboo-breaking, That Thing I Did is a rollicking road trip with a serious side.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mile End, West Torrens area, Adelaide - South West, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2022 .
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      Extent: 336p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 March 2022.
      ISBN: 9781743058633

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Cast Adrift : Three New Young Adult Novels Ben Chandler , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 444 2022; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Growing Up in Flames Zach Jones , 2022 single work novel ; Sugar Carly Nugent , 2022 single work novel ; That Thing I Did Allayne L. Webster , 2022 single work novel
Cast Adrift : Three New Young Adult Novels Ben Chandler , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 444 2022; (p. 42-43)

— Review of Growing Up in Flames Zach Jones , 2022 single work novel ; Sugar Carly Nugent , 2022 single work novel ; That Thing I Did Allayne L. Webster , 2022 single work novel
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