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A Writer on the Rocks: Hilarious Bar Tales from Sydney's Wild Side - Memoirs of a Wayward Youth in 1960s The Rocks
Paperback
Biographies GeneralAustralia & OceaniaHumor
Publisher Price: $20.00
ISBN13: 9780645886245
Publisher: Doug McPhillips
Published: Oct 10 2023
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
This unforgettable memoir chronicles the author's alcohol-fueled escapades in The Rocks' most notorious watering holes, where every night promised new adventures and bad decisions.
You'll Experience:
- Uproarious tales from Sydney's golden era of debauchery
- The colorful characters only bar culture could produce
- Liquid courage that led to outrageous (and regrettable) antics
- The slow realization that the party couldn't last forever
- Humorous warnings woven through the laughter
✓ Wild nights in historic Sydney bars now lost to time
✓ The art of finding humor in hangover-worthy mistakes
✓ How 1960s Australia embraced its drinking culture
✓ The turning point between fun drunk and problem drinker
✓ Nostalgia with a sobering aftertasteGet your copy today!Also from
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