Coorparoo Blues & the Irish Fandango

G.S. Manson

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Dennis Jones & Associates
07 August 2012

Crime & Mystery; Australian Crime Fiction

Brisbane, 1943.

A provincial Australian city has turned almost overnight into the main Allied staging post for the war in the Pacific. The social, sexual, and racial tensions stirred up by the arrival of tens of thousands of US troops provoke all kinds of mayhem, and Brisbane's once quiet streets are suddenly looking pretty mean.

Enter P.I. Jack Munro, a World War I veteran and ex-cop with a nose for trouble and a stubborn dedication to exposing the truth, however inconvenient it might be for those in charge. He's not always an especially good man, but he's the one you want on your side when things look bad.

When Jack is hired by a knockout blonde to find her no-good missing husband, he turns over a few rocks he isn't supposed to, and the questions start to pile up, along with the bodies. Not inclined to take no for an answer, he forges on through the dockside bars, black-market warehouses, and segregated brothels of his roiling city, uncovering more than a few surprises in this murky tale based on actual events in a little-known corner of the WW2 theatre.

By: G.S. Manson
Imprint: Dennis Jones & Associates
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 254g
ISBN: 9781891241321
ISBN 10: 189124132X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Coorparoo Blues & the Irish Fandango

Gritty fun . . . great historical detail of wartime Australia mixed with sex and violence . . . keep[s] the pages turning. - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) Hard-boiled fans will welcome Australian author Manson's two novellas introducing hard-drinking, hard-loving PI Jack Munro, who has a penchant for championing the underdog on the mean streets of WWII-era Brisbane. - Publishers Weekly Hard-boiled fans will welcome Australian author Manson's two novellas introducing hard-drinking, hard-loving PI Jack Munro, who has a penchant for championing the underdog on the mean streets of WWII-era Brisbane. - Publishers Weekly