Taste of Cockroach single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Taste of Cockroach
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'A young man, keen to try everything, foolishly catches a bus into war torn Laos despite warnings from those wiser than he. He is nearly shot, saved only by a fellow traveller, but despite this scare shows he has learnt nothing' (Source: The Source).

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in Laos.

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First known date: 1973
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    y separately published work icon A Taste of Cockroach Allan Baillie , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1192060 2005 selected work short story 'Here is a journey that begins with a shuddering disaster in the Himalayas, and ends with an ill-starred romance on Mars. In between are adventures down the rivers of Cambodia and Laos, battles with bulls in Australian country towns, encounters with French agents, freelance photography assignments, handbag-snatchers in Naples, thong-flingers in Rangoon, bread queues in Afghanistan, and more' (Source: back cover blurb). Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 pg. 89-99
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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