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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Disco Boy
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'No DJ can mix "Celebration" into "Come On Eileen" quite like Paul Johnson, the king of rancid retro. But while he has the musical jumper leads to get even the most dismal party started, he can't get his own life moving. Trapped in a job he despises, a perpetual failure with the ladies and living at home with his distinctly unhelpful parents, Paul's stuck in limbo while everyone around him is limbo-dancing.

'While he's avoided the corporate mousetrap that's ensnared his friend Nige, Paul dreams of one day playing his own music instead of John Farnham's. But it's much easier to joke about your problems with your friends than to do something about them.

'A romantic comedy that's equal parts bitingly cynical and naively idealistic, Disco Boy is a story for anyone who's ever hit the Pause button on their life, and found it hard to press Play again.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Lindsay, John, Isabelle and Jasper, with thanks for the encouragement and yum cha.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 2009 .
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      Extent: 295p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 1st 2009
      ISBN: 9781741666267 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Portia Lindsay , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Paul Carter , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 312 2009; (p. 62)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
A Little Too Dorky for Its Own Good Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Valerie Schefe , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: InCite , June vol. 30 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Book of the Week Thornton McCamish , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 April 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Michael Harry , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 May 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Hype Is Ripe but Laughs Are Light Theo Chapman , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 31 May 2009; (p. 11)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Valerie Schefe , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: InCite , June vol. 30 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
A Little Too Dorky for Its Own Good Owen Richardson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 June 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of Disco Boy Dominic Knight , 2009 single work novel
Spinning Tales Tim Elliott , 2009 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 8)
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 2000s
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