'When mild-mannered mail clerk Bertie Jones tries his luck as an Elvis Presley impersonator, his whole world gets shaken up. His doting mother doesn t approve, for a start. But with his best friend as his overzealous manager, and a budding romance with Jasmine, a Michael Jackson tribute artist, Bertie just might be about to hip-shake his way to the most unlikely stardom.
'Take a front-row seat to a tour-de-force of a musical and personal journey, set against the backdrop of a banking royal commission and a white-knuckle road trip that includes a run-in with a Ned Kelly impersonator all squeezed into a tight rhinestone jumpsuit. It s a rollicking return for the King and one he definitely would not have seen coming.
'When Jokers Were Kings is an uplifting romantic comedy brimming with offbeat ideas about modern life, love, and finding your voice.' (Publication summary)
'John Tesarsch, a barrister turned writer, almost puts the case for the defence when discussing When Jokers Were Kings, his novel about an Elvis Presley impersonator. “There is nothing easy about writing comedy,” he said in a recent interview. Fortunately he does not need to enter a guilty plea. This novel, his fourth and his first foray into romantic comedy, is gently funny and quietly thoughtful.' (Introduction)
'John Tesarsch, a barrister turned writer, almost puts the case for the defence when discussing When Jokers Were Kings, his novel about an Elvis Presley impersonator. “There is nothing easy about writing comedy,” he said in a recent interview. Fortunately he does not need to enter a guilty plea. This novel, his fourth and his first foray into romantic comedy, is gently funny and quietly thoughtful.' (Introduction)
