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Title Boy on a Wire [electronic resource].
Author Doust, Jon.
Publication Info. North Fremantle : Fremantle Press, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (268 pages)
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Contents Praise for Boy on a Wire; My brother's fist; My brother's head; One final spit before Grammar School; The cupboard on the wall; Grammar School; Short sheet; Wankers; The woodheap; A vacuum in the brain; The new boy; Jonesy hits the road; Tamas Nemet; The Fez; The Ice-cream Eating Champion of the World; The fire; Briggsy; A grommet in the surf; Cry-baby; A cavity in the brain; Hallowed be thy name; Chopped liver; Spit; Melting moment in a house of prayer; Sack; The Honourable the Premier; Naked wrestling; Atticus; All locked up; How to be a man; Sherry; Return of the Flashman.
Lollies from a strangerThe old man and the sea; A real man racks his cane; James Lock refuses to bend; Fuck rush; Eggs; Avenging hero; Thomas; The last report; Where they are now; Acknowledgements; About the author.
Summary Sent to boarding school at a young age, Jack Muir decides he's a survivor. He gets by with a quick wit and a fast mouth. Others aren't so lucky. This story from stand-up comedian and writer, Jon Doust, is humorous and deeply poignant--a close-to-the-bone tale of how underdogs survive the system.
Note Print version record.
Subject Education.
Fiction.
Autobiographical fiction, Australian.
Boarding school students -- Australia -- Perth (W.A.) -- Fiction.
Boys -- Fiction.
Boarding schools -- Australia -- Perth (W.A.) -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Autobiographical fiction, Australian. (OCoLC)fst01744883
Boarding school students. (OCoLC)fst00835101
Boarding schools. (OCoLC)fst00835102
Boys. (OCoLC)fst00837358
Interpersonal relations. (OCoLC)fst00977397
Western Australia -- Perth. (OCoLC)fst01204377
Genre Electronic books.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Added Author Freading.
Related To Print version: Doust, Jon. Boy on a Wire. North Fremantle : Fremantle Press, ©2009 9781921361456
ISBN 9781921696183 electronic bk.
1921696184 electronic bk.
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