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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Shiny Guys
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'"Wouldn't it be funny if they were real?"

"Shiny red men?"

"What if I were the sane one and everyone else was mad?"

'One night, the shiny guys visit fifteen-year-old Colin Lapsley. They don't speak, but Colin can read their thoughts. They want him to pay for the terrible thing that he has done. When the shiny guys won't go away, Colin is admitted to ward 44. There he discovers an alien world, a powerful weapon, a gentle giant, and a girl who may be able to see what he can see.

'The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Books Australia.
      Extent: 260p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 22 February 2012.
      ISBN: 9780143565307 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Reality Check for Young Readers Katharine England , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27)
[Review] The Shiny Guys Susan La Marca , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 33)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Shiny Guys Bec Kavanagh , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 78)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Shiny Guys Chloe Mauger , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 44)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 March 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
Journeys into the Mind Imogen Saunders , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of Three Summers Judith Clarke , 2012 single work novel ; The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 March 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Shiny Guys Chloe Mauger , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 44)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Shiny Guys Bec Kavanagh , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 343 2012; (p. 78)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Shiny Guys Susan La Marca , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 20 no. 2 2012; (p. 33)

— Review of The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work novel
Reality Check for Young Readers Katharine England , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27)
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