Green by Nick Earls (9781743315750)

Description - Green by Nick Earls

It's not male bonding over rugby or beers that brings Phil Harris and Frank Green together; it's a simple fluke of alphabetical surnames in first-year chem at their local uni on their way through med school, but sometimes that's all a friendship requires. It's a friendship that starts in 1981 and continues through thirty years of creme de menthe and brizgaritas--Brisbane margaritas made from Frank's own secret recipe (though it won't stay secret for long, if he has any say in it, and really it's just Staminade and tequila)--obstetric residencies and arthroscopic inventions, sizzling sausage socials and a New York marathon that wasn't.

From the moment they cheat on their lab practical using nothing more than Phil's wits, Frank's charisma, and a packet of instant coffee, their friendship is secured as one for the ages. In between studies, laboratories, and inventions, Phil and Frank will scoop ice cream at amusement parks, bartend a cruise ship where the female attendees are Spanish for the evening, and help ensure that Ron Todd's World of Chickens becomes the fast-food success it was always destined to be.

'Earls's prolific oeuvre of 12 novels and two short-story collections has steadily built him an international reputation as a contemporary writer who makes comic yardage-from subtle irony to groan-out-loud gags-out of the emotional entanglements of decent men during episodes of self-evaluation and transformation.' - Sydney Morning Herald

'Contemporary, cliché-free Australian fiction that is sure to have a very wide appeal.' - The Australian

'Earls' appeal is his skill for developing lovable, self-deprecating Aussie males in the 18-40 year-old range.' - Stage Whispers

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