y separately published work icon The Yarns of Billy Borker selected work   short story   humour  
Is part of Humorbooks 1964 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1965... 1965 The Yarns of Billy Borker
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From inside cover blurb: "The stories themselves are the mellow stuff of modern Australian folklore; many of them are probably true in origin but coloured and polished by innumerable repetitions. There are stories of crooked raffles, grand pianos mysteriously gone astray, the World's Worst Worryer, cures for Acid Stomach - and a score of other irreverent, irrelevant, time-consuming, free-beer earning lessons in improbability".

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Crookest Raffle Ever Run in Australia, Frank Hardy , single work short story humour (p. 62-69)
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Notes:
Introduced by Clement Semmler.
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  • Also braille, sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction Bruce Bennett , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139)
Dial-a-Yarn Thelma Forshaw , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 21 no. 7 1977; (p. 72-73)
— Review of A Wild Ass of a Man Barry Oakley , 1967 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story
"Yarns of Billy Borker" Ron Tullipan , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The Realist , Autumn no. 22 1966; (p. 27)
— Review of The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story
Birds and Bushwackers Derek Whitelock , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand Lesley Rowlands , 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang Wal Watkins , 1965 single work novel
"Yarns of Billy Borker" Ron Tullipan , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The Realist , Autumn no. 22 1966; (p. 27)
— Review of The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story
Dial-a-Yarn Thelma Forshaw , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 21 no. 7 1977; (p. 72-73)
— Review of A Wild Ass of a Man Barry Oakley , 1967 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story
Birds and Bushwackers Derek Whitelock , 1964 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand Lesley Rowlands , 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker Frank Hardy , 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang Wal Watkins , 1965 single work novel
Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction Bruce Bennett , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139)
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