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1 y separately published work icon Psychoillogical David Halpin , Sebastopol : Shawline Publishing , 2024 27280500 2024 single work novel

'In this sequel to Hospityable, Donald Halfbrain remains his usual atypically quiet, unassuming, and intelligent self.

'He is the one shining star in his own universe.

'He is also crazy.

'Donald is still reeling from the last week of his life. Having been unceremoniously left in a psychiatric hospital microcosm, he is still the same smart, yet reluctant, anti-hero, trying to come to some sort of understanding of his odd situation.

'If it wasn’t so funny it would simply be overwhelmingly sad.

'Donald Halfbrain is about to continue his story defining, life changing, legend creating path…'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Hospityable David Halpin , Sebastopol : Shawline Publishing , 2022 24738895 2022 single work novel humour
'SET IN A HISTORIC INSTITUTION IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF SYDNEY…

'A work of fiction, where reality has been severely exaggerated with a mere occasional glimpse of the harsh truth. 

'Donald has been unceremoniously thrust into the psychiatric hospital microcosm and while he is a smart, yet reluctant, anti-hero, trying to come to some sort of understanding of his odd situation; Donald didn’t really think his life had been going so badly given this fresh perspective. 

'He had, however, never in his entire life been quite so completely, absolutely and undeniably wrong. 

'Granted this situation would be a very unusual situation for most people, and it is also, probably, a seriously clichéd one for a comedic, semi-autobiographical, semi-fantastical, but oh-so-very-close-to-reality semi-whimsical yarn… 

For this lone man, Donald Halfbrain, it was going to be:

'Story Defining…

                            Life Changing…

                                                          Legend Creating…'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Donald Diaries David Halpin , 2022 Sebastopol : Shawline Publishing , 2022 24738870 2022 series - author novel
1 Awful `Hero' in a Funny Book David Halpin , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Gold Coast Bulletin , 18 August 1990; (p. 68)

— Review of Busy in the Fog : Further Adventures of Grafton Everest Ross Fitzgerald , 1990 single work novel
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