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A Café in Venice
- Narrated by: David Tredinnick
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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A Café in Venice
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Publisher's Summary
Quirky and neurotic, Gordon B. Shoesmith is a 30-something jazz musician seeing his twelfth psychiatrist in as many years. He increasingly discovers that there is a conflict between his artist's idealism and the hard reality of life, fuelled by his ambitious journalist girlfriend, Jenny, and her disapproving parents.
Gordon finds himself on an improvised, medicated roller-coaster ride of self-discovery that drags him from cockroach-infested, inner-city anonymity to mercurial artistic success, to the cynical world of advertising. He's finally tossed onto a road that leads to a café, run by Joe, a middle-aged, Palestinian Elvis impersonator, in the desert town of Venice, South Australia.
Editorial reviews
Dorian Mode’s incisive and devastatingly funny coming-of-age story is brought vividly to life by the talented David Tredinnick, whose sharp, sardonic delivery navigates the listener through endearingly neurotic protagonist Gordon B. Shoesmith’s wild and unpredictable journey from inner-city starving artist to chum of a Palestinian Elvis impersonator in Venice, Australia.
Part biting satire of the music industry, part sobering look at the treatment of Aboriginal Australians, the ambitious A Cafe in Venice hits many notes, and is held together by Mode’s wry prose and Tredinnick’s superb performance.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-01-2018
A jolly good laugh . Very Aussie
Well written , good fun .
Great narration .
A slice of Aussie .
My go to road trip book ( Just don't hit any kangas)
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- Katrina
- 11-07-2018
A great read a wonderful Australian Story superbly read
I took a punt on this audio book given the short introduction didn’t exist. It paid off in dividends. Such a great first novel, I can’t wait for the next. Captures so beautifully Australian life and it’s characters all brought to life by David Tredinnick who never disappoints as a narrator. Thankyou
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