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'From the rock legend turned master storyteller, this collection of non-fiction short stories is vintage Jimmy. Stories of adventure, misadventure, love and loss from the #1 bestselling author of the critically acclaimed memoirs Working Class Boy and Working Class Man. Outrageous, witty, warm and wise, Killing Time shares more than 40 yarns from an epic life - a dazzling collection of tall tales, out-takes and B-sides from one of Australia's finest storytellers.' (Publication summary)
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Bringing It Home
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 November 2020; (p. 17)
— Review of Killing Time : Short Stories from the Long Road Home 2020 selected work short story'In the final pages of his third autobiographical book in four years, Jimmy Barnes breaks the fourth wall to let the reader in on his experience of writing the previous 400 pages. “The act of writing used to be a painful process for me,” he notes. “Trawling through the wreckage that was my childhood caused me immense pain, but I had to do it. I needed to look at it all in the cold, clear light of day, so that I could let it all go.” Then his thoughts are interrupted by the voice of his five-year-old grandson, Dylan, whose sense of innocence and wonder is infectious, and whose life experience is untainted by the misery that Barnes went through in the 1960s.' (Introduction)
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The Ballad of Jimmy and Jane
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 September 2020; (p. 8)
— Review of Killing Time : Short Stories from the Long Road Home 2020 selected work short story
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The Ballad of Jimmy and Jane
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 September 2020; (p. 8)
— Review of Killing Time : Short Stories from the Long Road Home 2020 selected work short story -
Bringing It Home
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 November 2020; (p. 17)
— Review of Killing Time : Short Stories from the Long Road Home 2020 selected work short story'In the final pages of his third autobiographical book in four years, Jimmy Barnes breaks the fourth wall to let the reader in on his experience of writing the previous 400 pages. “The act of writing used to be a painful process for me,” he notes. “Trawling through the wreckage that was my childhood caused me immense pain, but I had to do it. I needed to look at it all in the cold, clear light of day, so that I could let it all go.” Then his thoughts are interrupted by the voice of his five-year-old grandson, Dylan, whose sense of innocence and wonder is infectious, and whose life experience is untainted by the misery that Barnes went through in the 1960s.' (Introduction)
