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Bernie Dowling

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Born

in Brisbane, Australia

March 04

Website

http://www.bentbananabooks.com.au

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Genre

Humor, Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

Influences

Raymond Chandler, The Marx Brothers, John Hepworth ...more

Member Since

January 2012

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https://www.goodreads.com/beedeed

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Bernie Dowling is an Australian writer working in the fields of journalism, fiction, and non-fiction.
His first novel is the neo-noir Iraqi Icicle.
His lnon-fiction Maaate! Bribe Proofing The Public Purse Against Good Blokes is about corruption in local government.
The author is publishing a four-book series on film noir. The first volume Noir Dirt Cheap was published in 2023.
Dowling is a boutique publisher.

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Average rating: 4.64 · 77 ratings · 68 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Noir Dirt Cheap: Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol I 4.66 avg rating — 56 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Faces Of Noir Curse Crime Cringe: Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol IV it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iraqi Icicle 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starry Starry Noir Rebels and Censors: Film Noir in the Public Domain Vol III really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Film Noir Fate Vs The Working Stiff: Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol II it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alpha and Omega: WAG short stories #2 by Bernie Dowling (Goodreads Author), Vera Murray (Editor), Anne Olsson (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MAAATE!: Bribe-proofing the public purse against good blokes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Edge: A WAG Anthology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noir dirt cheap: Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naughty Nineties Volume 1: Steele Hill stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How reviews of my Old Child (OC) best-seller Naughty Nineties knocks Veronica Roth from her literary perch Divergent author is uninjured as it is only fiction

Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth

This is not the book I am offering FREE for reviews
but mine is the same shape

I HAVE had a few modest sales of my Old-Child (OC) anthology Naughty Nineties Volume 1 and now I need some reviews.
As I write this, I see where Veronica Roth has garnered 9595 reviews for her Hunger Games knock-off Divergent. That number 9595 is obviously the bench mark so I am aiming for 7 reviews.
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Published on February 07, 2014 18:17 • Tags: book-giving-day, book-review, divergent, ebooks-for-kindle, free-ebook, funny-mysteries, funny-short-stories, giveaway, political-humor

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Illustrator Ricardo Sánchez Medina has created excellent illustrations and word bubbles for this first comic of his Dragon Sword series. Medina says his comic is best read on a tablet or phone, but it transmitted clearly and within the page frame on m ...more
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Curiously perhaps, American fiction author Chet Nairene has had more experience with the Asian jungle than the Wall Street one. But he creates believable fictional accounts of both in Pacific Odyssey The Curious Journey of Lew 2.0. Nairene spent almos ...more
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