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Tony Kenrick


Born
in Sydney, Australia
August 23, 1935

Genre
Fiction, Crime, Suspense


Before becoming a full-time writer Tony Kenrick worked as an advertising copywriter in Sydney, Toronto, NYC, San Francisco, and London, 1953-72. On the dust jackets of many of his novels Kenrick claimed the following: "I hated being a lumberjack; those shirts itch something awful. And I was a failure as a boxer, too. I was what's known in the fight game as a crier; whenever I got hit, I'd burst into tears. They'd work on me feverishly between rounds, but they could never stanch the flow. "

Kenrick was never a logger nor a prize-fighter; this is a typical example of his humor, and very typical of the humor found in his books.

Between 1971 - 1996 he wrote seventeen novels. ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.71 · 328 ratings · 46 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors
The 81st Site
3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions
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The Nighttime Guy
3.66 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions
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Stealing Lillian
4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions
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The Seven Day Soldiers
4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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Shanghai Surprise
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions
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A Tough One to Lose
3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1973 — 11 editions
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Neon tough
3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
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China White
2.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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The Only Good Body's a Dead...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions
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Two Lucky People
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions
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