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y separately published work icon Mud Crab Boogie single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Les Norton Robert G. Barrett , 1985 series - author novel short story (number 12 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Mud Crab Boogie
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'Extreme Water Polo is the water polo of the 90s. And when Les Norton catches the semi-final on tV he is amazed to see that the man behind Extreme Polo is his old mate, Neville 'Nizegy' Nixon. So when Neville calls out of the blue and asks Les to drive the Murrumbidgee Mud Crabs up to Sydney for the final, Les takes him on. But things are never as simple as they seem and Les finds himself drawn into an hilarious adventure involving the Mud Crabs. Extreme Water Polo is the water polo of the 90s. And when Les Norton catches the semi-final on tV he is amazed to see that the man behind Extreme Polo is his old mate, Neville 'Nizegy' Nixon. So when Neville calls out of the blue and asks Les to drive the Murrumbidgee Mud Crabs up to Sydney for the final, Les takes him on. But things are never as simple as they seem and Les finds himself drawn into an hilarious adventure involving the Mud Crabs.' (Publication summary)

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Does Australian Slang Still Rhyme? Mark Gwynn , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , April vol. 15 no. 1 2007; (p. 6-7)
Aussie Words : The Tail of a Dag Fred Ludowyk , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 6 no. 2 2000; (p. 7-8)
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 April 1999; (p. 8)

— Review of Mud Crab Boogie Robert G. Barrett , 1998 single work novel
Paperbacks Graham Clark , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 April 1999; (p. 8)

— Review of Mud Crab Boogie Robert G. Barrett , 1998 single work novel
Aussie Words : The Tail of a Dag Fred Ludowyk , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 6 no. 2 2000; (p. 7-8)
Does Australian Slang Still Rhyme? Mark Gwynn , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , April vol. 15 no. 1 2007; (p. 6-7)
Last amended 8 May 2020 13:00:55
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  • New South Wales,
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