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1y
Dog Rock : A Postal Pastoral
Ringwood
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Penguin
,
1985
Z567121
1985
single work
novel
humour
crime
'Arcy D'Oliveres, an Assistant Postal Officer, is convinced that Dog Rock, a small Australian town, is sheltering a dangerous killer.' (Publication summary)
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2y
The Pale Blue Crochet Coathanger Cover
Ringwood
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Penguin
,
1988
Z204199
1988
single work
novel
humour
crime
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3y
Man of Letters : Dog Rock 3
Glebe
:
Puncher and Wattmann
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2012
Z1891291
2012
single work
novel
'Man of Letters is the third and final volume in the Dog Rock trilogy, completing David Foster's comic vision of a small rural town in New South Wales as over fifty years it gradually succumbs to economic imperatives, as witnessed from the perspective of the postman D'Arcy D'Oliveres. In his final appearance, the intrepid D'Arcy has a mystery to solve that involves a local musician, a stamp of the realm, a dodgy personalised numberplate and a retired sergeant of police now turned student of semiotics. Man of Letters is a very funny book from the writer the Manchester Guardian described as the worthy successor to Flann O'Brien.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Milsons Point
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Random House
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Z335062
1996
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