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1 y separately published work icon Driving Stevie Fracasso Barry Divola , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 20764296 2021 single work novel

'Two estranged brothers, one stolen car and a road trip from Texas to New York. What could possibly go wrong? For fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Tropper.

'Jaded music journo Rick McLennan knows his life is going south when he loses his job, his apartment and his long-term girlfriend all on the same day. But then he is thrown a lifeline: a paying gig to drive his ex-rock star brother, Stevie, from Austin, Texas, to New York to get his story and play one final gig. One small problem: the brothers have history; they haven't spoken in thirty years.

'Rick knows it's a bad idea. But he's out of choices. So he gets behind the wheel of a beaten-up Datsun 180B and drives towards his destiny. He's about to find everything he didn't know he was missing. It's September 2001.

'From high-profile, award-winning journalist and author Barry Divola comes a glorious, music-infused, rollicking road-trip novel - think High Fidelity meets The Big Lebowski meets The Darjeeling Limited. A smart, funny and wholly endearing story about how, though we may at times lose ourselves along the way, the road always leads back to family and the things that bring us joy.'

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1 The World According to Reg Barry Divola , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , September no. 124 2013; (p. 24-25, 28-30)
1 Knitting Barry Divola , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013; (p. 19-30)
1 Knitting Barry Divola , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 165-171)
1 y separately published work icon Life Be in It Barry Divola , 2010 (Manuscript version)x402223 Z1888361 2010 single work short story
1 8 y separately published work icon Nineteen Seventysomething Barry Divola , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2010 Z1678135 2010 single work novel 'Barry Divola's Nineteen Seventysomething is a requiem for bygone days. In the fictional suburb of Braithwaite, we meet Charlie during the listless weeks of his summer holidays. Against a backdrop of buzzing cicadas, Dragstar bikes, schoolboy rock bands, church youth groups, and Top 40 radio, Barry Divola deftly evokes that awkward, exhilarating journey from childhood to adolescence. Told with humour, poignancy and authenticity, Nineteen Seventysomething marks the familiar stages of teenage awakening - in friendship, desire and love.' (From the publisher's website.)
1 Shhh! : Read All About It Barry Divola , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The (Sydney) Magazine , November no. 79 2009; (p. 48-52)
1 My Life as a Fluffy Boy Barry Divola , 2009 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Your Mother Would Be Proud : True Tales of Mayhem and Misadventure 2009; (p. 119-128)
1 Bedtime Story Hits the Big Time Barry Divola , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 35)
1 Mitch Gantree Bows Out Barry Divola , 2009 single work short story children's
— Appears in: Kids' Night In 3 : A Sea of Stories and Oceans of Other Stuff 2009; (p. 70-87)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Secret Life of Backpackers : A Bunk's-Eye View of the Tourist Trail from Bondi to Cairns Barry Divola , Sydney : ABC Books , 2008 Z1474160 2008 single work autobiography travel
1 1 y separately published work icon The Secret Lives of Backpackers : Following the Backpackers Trail from Bondi to Cairns Barry Divola , Sydney : ABC Books , 2008 Z1462287 2008 single work prose travel 'In a travel memoir that is a little like George Orwells Down and Out in Paris railroaded by Hunter S. Thompson, here is an insight into the backpacker culture like youve never seen it before. From Bondi to Cairns, Barry will follow the backpacker trails that lead from Bondi up to the holiday destinations of Queensland. He will test his strength, his sanity and his liver in a memoir that will make you cringe but also compel you to keep on reading.' Source: Publisher.
1 Wing Woman Barry Divola , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Girls' Night In 4 2005; (p. 137-151)
1 Nipple Barry Divola , 2004 single work short story
1 Cartwheel Bill Barry Divola , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Splatter , Winter no. 2 2004; (p. 34-37)
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