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Mud Crab Boogie

By: Robert G. Barrett
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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Les Norton's in town and he feels like dancing. Extreme Polo. The wildest game on water. That's what it said on TV.

All Les had to do was drive down to Wagga Wagga for an old mate who owed him a favour, Neville (Nizegy) Nixon, and pick up the Murrumbidgee Mud Crabs. Then keep them at Coogee till they played the Sydney Sea Snakes in the grand final at Homebush Aquatic Centre. And naturally there would be a giant earn in it for him. Why not? Thought Les, he had the week off from work. Next thing, Norton was on his way to the Riverina to meet the locals, the lovelies and oogie, oogie, oogie.

Do the Mud Crab Boogie.

©1998 Robert G. Barrett (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing

Editorial reviews

Robert G. Barrett’s eponymous pubgoer Les Norton indulges in some lighthearted lad-ishness as he hits the Extreme Water Polo circuit, setting up a rowdy rumble between the Murrumbidgee Mudcrabs and the Sydney Sea Snakes. Storied actor David Treddinick (The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers) captures the heedless audacity of Les, as he follows the boyish bloke on his manifold bust-ups with beers, brawls, babes, and backroom business dealings. Treddinick lends effortless authenticity to his fictitious countryman, casually capturing the drawling, laconic lingo and turps-swilling tendencies of Barrett’s famous Aussie battler.

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"The king of popular fiction." (The Australian)

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Really enjoyed this book, like all the Les Norton books it was very entertaining.

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Brilliantly entertaining

Once again Norton is up to his old tricks.
This one is up to The calibre of the godson, although the godson being a classic And by far is best book ever mud crab boogie, it’s not too far behind very well written by Mr Robert G Barrett, may he rest in peace

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