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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's
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'John Birmingham has lived with eighty-nine people and kept notes on all of them. This is their story.

''A rat died in the living room at King Street and we didn't know. There was at least six inches of compacted rubbish between our feet and the floor. Old Ratty must have crawled in there and died of pleasure. A visitor uncovered him while groping about for a beer!'

'This best-seller led to a successful stage play and major motion picture, starring Noah Taylor and Sophie Lee. It has been published in Britain and Italy.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Adapted to the stage by Slem Productions at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, 1999.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Yellow Press , 1994 .
      Extent: 156p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Cover title
      ISBN: 0646202081
    • Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Duffy and Snellgrove , 1994 .
      Extent: 214p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1997
      ISBN: 1875989218, 187598903X
    • Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Autopsy , 1995 .
      Extent: 156p.
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Flamingo ,
      1997 .
      image of person or book cover 533477750920977571.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 214p.
      ISBN: 0006388574
    • Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Duffy and Snellgrove , 2001 .
      image of person or book cover 7933049213926889008.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 214p.
      Edition info: Film tie-in edition.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 1875989714
Alternative title: E Mori con un Felafel in Mano
Language: Italian
    • Rome,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Fandango Libri ,
      2001 .
      image of person or book cover 486409961924105002.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 154p.
      ISBN: 888751724X

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

I Don't Give a Fuck : The Vogel Goes Grunge Neil Boyack , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 459-464)
Mamboing Matilda : Surf-lifestyle T-shirts and Representations of Australian Cultural Identity Federico Boni , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 201-213)
This chapter explores how the many dimensions of Australian national identity, ‘so strongly rooted in the popular culture and representations of a country, function as a set of several signifiers for the narratives of Australianness and for the meanings of ‘being Australian’(Elder 2007)’. It also explores ‘the way an Australian surf lifestyle brand, Mambo, conveys images and representations of Australianness…’ (202)
Two Sides to the Story : Against John Birmingham , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 22)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel
Two Sides to the Story : For Cameron Woodhead , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 22)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel
Birmingham's Last Hurrah John Birmingham , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 August 2003; (p. 10)
Two Sides to the Story : For Cameron Woodhead , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 22)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel
Two Sides to the Story : Against John Birmingham , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 December 2003; (p. 22)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel
Be It Ever So Humble Tony Maniaty , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 November 1994; (p. rev 6)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel
CoverNotes Lucy Sussex , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 August 2001; (p. 11) The West Australian , 1 September 2001; (p. Big Weekend)

— Review of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand : Hilarious True Stories of Share House Accommodation in Australia in the 1990's John Birmingham , 1994 single work novel ; Poison Under Their Lips Mark Svendsen , 2001 single work novel
Just One Drawback Elizabeth Meryment , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 March 2003; (p. 6)
Birmingham's Last Hurrah John Birmingham , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 August 2003; (p. 10)
Mamboing Matilda : Surf-lifestyle T-shirts and Representations of Australian Cultural Identity Federico Boni , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 201-213)
This chapter explores how the many dimensions of Australian national identity, ‘so strongly rooted in the popular culture and representations of a country, function as a set of several signifiers for the narratives of Australianness and for the meanings of ‘being Australian’(Elder 2007)’. It also explores ‘the way an Australian surf lifestyle brand, Mambo, conveys images and representations of Australianness…’ (202)
The Lost City of Vegas : David Malouf's Old Brisbane John Birmingham , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 2-8)
Flatmate Wanted Natasha Wallace , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 August 1996; (p. 6)
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