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1965
The Yarns of Billy Borker
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From inside cover blurb: "The stories themselves are the mellow stuff of modern Australian folklore; many of them are probably true in origin but coloured and polished by innumerable repetitions. There are stories of crooked raffles, grand pianos mysteriously gone astray, the World's Worst Worryer, cures for Acid Stomach - and a score of other irreverent, irrelevant, time-consuming, free-beer earning lessons in improbability".
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Crookest Raffle Ever Run in Australia, single work short story humour (p. 62-69)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139) -
Dial-a-Yarn
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 21 no. 7 1977; (p. 72-73)
— Review of A Wild Ass of a Man 1967 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story -
"Yarns of Billy Borker"
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: The Realist , Autumn no. 22 1966; (p. 27)
— Review of The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story -
Birds and Bushwackers
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang 1965 single work novel
-
"Yarns of Billy Borker"
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: The Realist , Autumn no. 22 1966; (p. 27)
— Review of The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story -
Dial-a-Yarn
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 21 no. 7 1977; (p. 72-73)
— Review of A Wild Ass of a Man 1967 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story -
Birds and Bushwackers
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1964-1965) vol. 4 no. 2-3 1964; (p. 38)
— Review of A Bird in the Hand 1965 single work novel ; The Yarns of Billy Borker 1965 selected work short story ; The Wayward Gang 1965 single work novel -
Seriously Funny: Happy Returns of Humour in Australian Short Fiction
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Serious Frolic : Essays on Australian Humour 2009; (p. 125-139)
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