Cirrus@Austlit

'Comedian Tim Ross draws inspiration from his acclaimed ABC television series Streets Of Your Town with this selection of short stories from the suburbs. From the beachside holiday house to the backyard pool and the rumpus room, the architecture of the suburbs forms the backdrop to a uniquely Australian way of life. Ross roams through these familiar places to paint a picture of Australian domesticity and its relationship to the Australian psyche in all its funny, nostalgic, ironic, and often acutely cringe-worthy glory."I wanted the book to physically have a sense of nostalgia to match these stories that are a mixture of memoir and fiction. I was rolling around with the concepts of the suburbs for a couple of years making Streets Of Your Town and these stories reflect a more personal side to where we live. Travelling for the series and for my Man About the House tour was incredibly inspiring and this is represented in this book." Tim Ross' (Publication summary)

'It's a book. A funny book. A funny book by Tim "Rosso" Ross. But what's in this funny book I hear you ask? Well, it's all manner of stories from the life and mind of Tim Ross.

'There are warm, fuzzy childhood stories of billycarts and milk bars. There are teenage stories of angst, girls, bad clothes and bad hair. There are student tales of share-house madness and misery. And there are adults tales of living out a rock n' roll dream, doing stand up, being on the telly and entertaining the nation on the radio every morning.

'In between all these wonderful tales, there are rants and raves, ideas and fantastical stories. Just stuff really. Wonderful stuff from the mind of Tim "Rosso" Ross. 'This is his book. It's part memoir, part brain dump. And he's written it just for you.' (From the publisher's website.)