True Love and How to Get It

Author Gerard Lee writes a witty tale of a young man's idiocy. Under normal circumstances I may have just enjoyed this for what it is, light entertainment. But this book is a case of me having been there at the time of the events and being taken on a nostalgic tour of areas I hung out as young bloke. Things I had forgotten about were given a nod. How many Brisbanites recall that Channel 10 was once Channel O for example ? And the Curry Shop gets a reference. Oh how I recall that place being the den of iniquity for us underground hipsters during those authoritarian times when the state of Queensland was ruled with an iron fascist fist. Recommended for any Brisbane reader who is in their mid-fifties or a bit older. They will get a great sense of nostalgia in recalling a culturally changing Brisbane from a sleepy country town to a city making its way in a wider world.

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