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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Laughing Clowns
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'Peter Kennedy is a very large man who is remarkably happy with his life. Yet somethin' s not quite right, and it started with a dream that smelt of luncheon meat.

'Peter is successful at what he does, even though he's not sure what that is anymore. When Titan Development contracts him to go to Queensland to assess a prime piece of real estate, the Pickersgill Peninsula Showgrounds, he jumps at the chance. It will give him time out from having to be with the family he loves. And it will take him back to the home where he grew up; to his parents, who are members of the Show society, his twin sister Pearl, a bingo caller and foster mother, and his brother Gary, the TV weatherman.

'Over these few days, he will come to realise that sometimes when you go back to where you came from you find out how much you actually have, and how much you could lose.

'All he has to do is make his mind up, and listen to the advice that's given by, of all people the King of Hot Dogs.

'But will he?' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Anna, Fiona and Maryjeanne

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2012 .
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      Extent: viii, 296 pp.
      ISBN: 9780733624094 (pbk.), 073362409X (pbk.)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Published July 2013
      ISBN: 9780733630279

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

New Australian Fiction Ed Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel ; After Love Subhash Jaireth , 2012 single work novel ; Faint Tappings At the Wrong Window John Pratt , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 36)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Samela Harris , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 October 2012; (p. 34)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
The Last Laugh William Yeoman , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 December 2012; (p. 8-10)
Fiction Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 October 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 October 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Samela Harris , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 October 2012; (p. 34)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 8 December 2012; (p. 30) The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 December 2012; (p. 36)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel
New Australian Fiction Ed Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Laughing Clowns William McInnes , 2012 single work novel ; After Love Subhash Jaireth , 2012 single work novel ; Faint Tappings At the Wrong Window John Pratt , 2012 single work novel
The Last Laugh William Yeoman , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 1 December 2012; (p. 8-10)
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