The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco
AuthorJohn Birmingham
IllustratorDarren Roach
Cover artistAlex Snellgrove
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDuffy & Snellgrove
Publication date
1997
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages375 pp
ISBN1-875989-29-3
OCLC222421836
Preceded byHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand 

The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco is a 1997 sequel novel by John Birmingham.[1] It involves several prominent characters from the first novel, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, primarily Taylor the Cabbie, Jabba the Hutt, Thunderbird Ron, Brainthrust Leonard, Missy, Elroy and Stacy. The first book is written in diary form whereas the sequel is written as a novel. The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco was first published in 1997 and reprinted in 1997 and 1998.[2]

Plot

The residents of a sharehouse in York Street, Taringa take in a new boarder calling himself Jordan. At first the housemates are suspicious yet tolerant of their new tenant and his strange behaviour. However, it is soon discovered that Jordan has absconded with five weeks' worth of the household's rent and utility money. What is more, he has been using the address to perpetrate fraud against the Department of Social Security, bringing the government agency's suspicion upon the house's dole-collecting members. Matters are further compounded when the owners of the property appear with a work crew declaring their intention to demolish the house unless the owed rent is paid by the following Monday. The remaining housemates split their meagre resources into tracking down Jordan and coming up with the owed money.

Adaptation

In 2010 The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco's stage version premiered at Brisbane Arts Theatre.[3]

Drew Jarvis in the 2010 stage production of The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco at Brisbane Arts Theatre
Drew Jarvis in the 2010 stage production of The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco at Brisbane Arts Theatre.

References

  1. ↑ "Fantastic Fiction.com: The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco by John Birmingham". www.fantasticfiction.com.
  2. ↑ Birmingham, John (1997). The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco. Potts Point: Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 1875989293.
  3. ↑ Birmingham, John (8 April 2010). "Unplanned and unhinged: the best party of my life". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 10 April 2010.


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