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y separately published work icon Mystery Bay Blues single work   novel   humour   mystery   detective  
Is part of Les Norton Robert G. Barrett , 1985 series - author novel short story (number 16 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Mystery Bay Blues
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'Australia's favourite larrikin is back - Les Norton is on the road, and rockin'... Just when everything was going so good, Les slips a disc in his back. He can't run, he can't train. He can't do anything much. But he can still drive his car. So it's down to Narooma for the South Coast Blues Festival and a bit of R&R: 30 bands and three days and nights of non-stop rock 'n' roll. Which would have been great, only Les has to have a slight altercation with four fishermen on his first night in town. Now the toughest, meanest, most horrible bloke on the south coast is after his blood. Then Les meets Amazing Grace. Add some magic mushrooms, a dancing bear and Jerry Lee Rat. It all makes for an interesting time at the Blues Festival. Robert G. Barrett's latest Les Norton adventure is set in beautiful Narooma on the New South Wales south coast, and is non-stop action spiced with humour, mystery and romance.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to Judge Michael Finnane in Sydney.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2002 .
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      Extent: 306p.
      ISBN: 0732275598
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2003 .
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      Extent: 356p.
      Note/s:
      • Published : 30/07/2003
      ISBN: 732275601
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Full Strength Robert G. Barrett , Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2013 5971580 2013 selected work novel Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2013
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Works about this Work

Les Slows Down Susan Geason , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 December 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Mystery Bay Blues Robert G. Barrett , 2002 single work novel
Slips, Slops, Slaps... Linda Jaivin , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 December 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Mystery Bay Blues Robert G. Barrett , 2002 single work novel
Les Slows Down Susan Geason , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 December 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Mystery Bay Blues Robert G. Barrett , 2002 single work novel
Slips, Slops, Slaps... Linda Jaivin , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 December 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Mystery Bay Blues Robert G. Barrett , 2002 single work novel
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Last amended 29 Oct 2023 23:53:50
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  • Mystery Bay, Narooma - Bermagui area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
  • Narooma, Narooma - Bermagui area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
  • 1990s
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