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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Last Bed on Earth
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'Teri Louise Kelly and her partner in crime, Jo Buck, arrive penniless in New Zealand from the UK on the hunt for a 'better way of life'. Instead they find a situation vacant ad, and become managers of a 100-bed backpacking hostel, attending the peculiar whims of the budget-travelling army as it descends through the long white clouds bearing rucksacks, innumerable contagious diseases and too little in the way of good sense.

Last Bed on Earth tells the story of those six months of mayhem in the adventure capital of the world as viewed from behind a wire-mesh cage - and from the unique perspective of a man who became a woman acting the role of a man.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Hank, thanks for the ride. Sleep tight.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 2009 .
      Extent: 263p.
      ISBN: 9781862548220 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Gritty Romp in Hostel World K. C. Eib , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 211-212)

— Review of Last Bed on Earth Teri Louise Kelly , 2009 single work autobiography
Untitled Michael Harry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 June 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of Last Bed on Earth Teri Louise Kelly , 2009 single work autobiography
Untitled Michael Harry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 June 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of Last Bed on Earth Teri Louise Kelly , 2009 single work autobiography
Gritty Romp in Hostel World K. C. Eib , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 211-212)

— Review of Last Bed on Earth Teri Louise Kelly , 2009 single work autobiography
Last amended 3 Oct 2012 11:15:55
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    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
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