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'What's a forty-something salesman of made-in-Asia trinkets to do when he comes adrift from the safe moorings of marriage and washes up in the Lime Bar? It's to the Lime Bar, where Gustave the barman dispenses gin and advice with Gallic savoir faire, that Matt Condon's hapless salesman always returns after every misadventure of the heart. Dallying past midnight in a Gold Coast hotel pool, reclaiming his masculinity with the mountain men, sampling the bars and bedrooms of the Sydney scene and losing himself in a fairytale France - the choices are frequently disastrous, the cost of wisdom often too high. And the final adventure is the most unexpected of all. A deliciously witty and bittersweet portrait of a man looking for love in all the wrong places by the award - winning author of The Pillow Fight.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Novel originally published as short stories in The Adelaide Review from 1997-2001
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Men Behaving Sadly
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 January 2002; (p. 19)
— Review of World of Chickens 2001 single work novel ; Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
Journeys of Many Lifetimes
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 December - 8 January vol. 119 no. 6306 2001-2002; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Four Fires 2001 single work novel ; Lime Bar 2001 single work novel ; World of Chickens 2001 single work novel ; Room Temperature 2001 single work novel -
Authors Offer Escapism in Light Summer Reading
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
A Writer Aims to Lift the Bar
2001
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 1 December 2001; (p. 7) -
From Bon Vivants to the Torture Chamber
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 2001; (p. [8]-9)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel
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Beer-Mat Profundities
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 November 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
Pithy, with a Twist
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 November 2001; (p. 13)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
From Bon Vivants to the Torture Chamber
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 December 2001; (p. [8]-9)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
Authors Offer Escapism in Light Summer Reading
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Lime Bar 2001 single work novel -
Journeys of Many Lifetimes
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 December - 8 January vol. 119 no. 6306 2001-2002; (p. 106-107)
— Review of Four Fires 2001 single work novel ; Lime Bar 2001 single work novel ; World of Chickens 2001 single work novel ; Room Temperature 2001 single work novel -
A Writer Aims to Lift the Bar
2001
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 1 December 2001; (p. 7)
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Gold Coast, Queensland,