Deadly Kerfuffle

Author: Tony Martin

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  • : $30.00 AUD
  • : 9781925584448
  • : Affirm Press
  • : Affirm Press
  • : May 2017
  • : 29.99
  • : November 2017
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  • : Tony Martin
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Description

`They're different, that's for sure. And I wouldn't put anything past 'em.' It's 2006, and terror scaremongering in the media has rattled the residents of sleepy, suburban Dunlop Crescent. When a Maori family moves into number 14, the local cranks assume they are Middle Eastern terrorists hell-bent on destroying the Australian way of life. Rumour has it that they plan to turn their house to face Mecca. This sets off an extraordinary chain of events that embroils the entire neighbourhood as well as cynical media figures, bumbling anti-terrorist police, and a gang of white supremacists with a radical plan to wake up the country and `preserve Australian values'. At the centre of it all is Gordon, a retired widower, who just wants a bit of peace and quiet. Deadly Kerfuffle is a smart, riveting and incredibly funny novel inspired by actual letters to the editor in a local newspaper. Through biting satire and a cast of unforgettable characters, it's an insight into the kind of paranoia that could only ever blossom in the quietest and safest of places.

Author description

Tony Martin was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, in 1964, and has spent the last thirty-odd years in Melbourne, Australia, writing, producing, directing and performing what his grandmother would have called 'a lot of nonsense carry-on'. His credits are too numerous, or in some instances, too poor, to list in full, but include The D-Generation, The Late Show, Martin/Molloy and Get This. He is the author of Lolly Scramble, A Nest of Occasionals and that episode of Upper Middle Bogan where they go to Smorgy's.