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Simon Kirk

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in Australia

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Ebooks

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Irvine Welsh, Haruki Murakami, Christoper Moore, Robert Rankin, Tom Ro ...more

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Greetings to all and sundry,

To cut through the self-indulgence, I’ll quickly point out some facts. I derive from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, but now inhabit a grotto in the sunny metropolis of Brisbane, Queensland.

My influences range from all corners. In terms of authors, Irvine Welsh, Haruki Murakami, John Irving, Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins and Robert Rankin occupy the summit. Influences outside the realm of the written word include Justin K. Broadrick, David Pajo, Tom Waits, Vincent Gallo and Willis Earl Beal. Basically any artist willing to adopt a DIY ethos. Other than artists, just your run-of-the-mill average folk.

Other interests include sport and a deep and somewhat disturbing penchant for Liverpool Football Clu ...more

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Free first chapter, "A Bathroom Incident", from forthcoming book, Welcome To Charmsville

Here is the first chapter of my forthcoming third book, Welcome To Charmsville - the sequel to Borrowed Time. Enjoy.

A BATHROOM INCIDENT

“Don’t shuffle the tits off the Queen!”

Occupying the backseat of the bus, Alan Sutton was shuffling his trusty deck of cards while reflecting on the weekend he had just had with his bowling crowd. Alan, or ‘Al’ to his bowling mates, had spent mo Read more of this blog post »

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