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Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar [Kindle Edition]

D. J. Connell (Author)
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"Laugh-out-loud funny and genuinely touching. A magical journey. Julian Corkle is a big fat masterpiece." EOIN COLFER

"A tour de farce which goes straight for the jocular vein! Welcome to the whacky, wickedly funny world of tear-away Tasmanian, Julian Corkle. This book proves that optimism is not an eye disease." KATHY LETTE

“One of the funniest rites of passage novels in a long time…a great summer read.” TIME OUT

“A genuinely funny book with a great big heart. I fell in love with Julian Corkle.” JENNY ECLAIR

“Warm, funny and deeply engaging. You’ll love this one.” WBQ

“Julian Corkle is utterly wonderful! I love him and I love the book. It's funny, fabulous and heartwarming.” STEVEN APPLEBY

“D.J. Connell has unleashed a set of characters bigger than Tasmania. Julian may be a filthy liar, but he is also a corker.” AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY

“There’s no doubt Connell has a hit in the coming-of-age story with a sparkly difference.” SUNDAY TASMANIAN

“Take Running With Scissors, transplant it into suburban Australia and youve got this funny, lightweight tale of Jimmy Corkle.” GAY TIMES

“A coming-of-age story with extra laughs, lashings of quirkiness and a very memorable hero.” NZ HERALD ON SUNDAY

“A rollicking, highly-readable story.” CANBERRA TIMES

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The funniest debut novel since Tom Sharpe’s Riotous Assembly, only it’s set in Tasmania!Julian Corkle's got small-screenability. His mother tells him he'll be a star one day. 'Twinkle, twinkle,' she says, giving his hair a ruffle.Not everyone shares Julian's dreams of stardom. Television is too much like hairdressing for his father's tastes. A Tasmanian man wants a son for sporting purposes. 'Boys don't like dolls,' he tells Julian, 'They like Dinky Toys.' Not this boy, thinks Julian, who knows better than to tell the truth.Besides, the family already has a sporting hero, Julian's sister Carmel aka 'The Locomotive'. Julian likes his sister, but knows better than to tangle with her bowling arm. It's the same one she uses for punching.Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar is the ultimate feel-good novel, a book that will have the reader laughing out loud on the back of a bus as it follows Julian's bumpy journey through adolescence, fibbing his way through school and a series of dead-end jobs, to find his ultimate calling as creator of 'The Hog'. It's as if Crocodile Dundee has crashed Muriel's wedding and run off into the desert with Priscilla.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 415 KB
  • Print Length: 355 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0007332165
  • Publisher: Blue Door (8 July 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003U2T7HW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #17,516 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Highly original 12 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Vine™ Review (What's this?)
How Julian Corkle survives his dysfunctional family is a mystery but not only does he survive but triumph. The list of disasters which befall the hapless lad is endless, from having to move house and school, leaving behind Jimmy, the love of his life, to the urban jungle of his new school, his aggressive, cricket-playing butch sister, his mother inhabiting a world of her own, his sexist, homophobic father and their divorce. He copes by doing his mother's hair and trying to get himself onto the small screen. Escape means finding the right opportunities but they prove illusive until he meets the unlikely Dot who opens up a whole new world for him and he finds fame, if not fortune, at last.

Told with a highly original, quirky humour this is the ultimate feel-good novel. The characters are wonderful and the action easy to visualise - this would make a great film. I put it down when I had finished and thought 'what a wonderful book'. That does not happen very often!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Corkle's a corker 28 July 2010
By Patrick Neylan VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
This book has a misleading title - it's merely a line of dialogue chosen almost at random from the middle of the book because it will look eye-catching on the shelves of a bookshop - but it's a bold yet charming rites-of-passage satire about a fey boy growing up in one of the most hostile environments on earth: 1970s Tasmania.

We laugh with and at Julian as he grows up in brazen defiance of what his father and Tasmanian society expect. He is fat, short-sighted and hates sport. He wants a doll. He styles his mother's hair. He idolises Elizabeth Taylor and later David Bowie. When the kids play war, he stays in the fort because he wants to be a nurse. He's so obviously gay (from about page 2) that the issue never needs to be addressed, which saves the book from being another self-righteous, self-pitying, adolescent diatribe about coming to terms with one's sexuality. It's sometimes agonising, but it's always a comedy. I had no problems reading it in public without compromising my credentials as an upstanding member of heterosexual male society.

There's plenty of humour and some wonderful imagery, and Julian has some cutting put-downs that keep the dialogue alive and fresh. While Julian is the main character, the subsidiary characters are well-drawn, if occasionally clichéd, and often funny, especially his fearsome sister Carmel. This makes the heavy emphasis on dialogue very successful, and in terms of structure my only complaint is the early encounter between Julian's father and a mystical Irish woman in the pub, which seems awkward, out-of-place and unnecessary.

Julian isn't always a sympathetic character: in his mid-teens he becomes unpleasantly whining and selfish; but he keeps enough charm and individuality to retain the reader's qualified sympathy and support.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Philip Harkins TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Amusing book detailing the life of a young chap who lives in Tasmania,'slightly camp' to say the least, (much to his dads increasing disapointment) and his growing pains as he progresses through school and early working life.
More like a provincial 'Adrian Mole' than a 'Tom Sharpe' in my opinion, its a funny book, but an immediate hailed classic? Hmmmm..... not too sure, though it is a good book, and has some genuinely brilliant moments.
The relationship that the books erstwhile Hero, Julian Corkle, has with his sister is very nicely written, and has some great depth and warmth.
It has definate elements of a TV show called 'Beautiful People' which I can heartily recomend as an excellent feel good gay comedy; though this is no bad thing in my opinion.
It is an interesting book as far as having a main character who is gay; however not too sure whether these stereotypes are in fact doing more harm than good these days.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A very funny, light hearted novel
Julian Corkle Is A Filthy Liar is an incredibly amusing novel from D.J Connell. Right from his birth his Mum decides her Julian will be a star, what follows is a rite-of-passage... Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. A. Davison
Terrifically enjoyable
OK so on one level this is a story of Julian as a boy growing into gay manhood in a hostile environment. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jamazon
A kind of gay Tasmanian Adrian Mole
An enjoyable light read. Julian Corkle is a kind of gay Tasmanian Adrian Mole.

He's not a very likeable character and the story has plenty of dark moments. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Martin
Embarrassingly funny
So, I had to stop reading this book in public places as I have a laugh that is more akin to a pig's snort. I couldn't stifle my laughter and it wasn't welcome on the tube... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gary McCreadie
Tassie panache!
This is a wonderful book - well-written, warm-hearted, with quirky well-drawn characters - and it's downright hilarious. Read more
Published 11 months ago by M Webb
A wonderful holiday romp
I really enjoyed this book, it was a fun piece of escapism as my holiday read. I found myself reading the book faster and faster as I tried to keep up with Julian's life. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sharon Threlfall
I love Julian Corkle!
A superb read - very funny and a real page turner. I am in love with Julian Corkle and his wonderful mum! Read more
Published 11 months ago by JHB
Superb!
What can I add to everything that has already been said about this great first novel by DJ Connell? It was a great read. Extremely amusing and the timing is excellent. Read more
Published 12 months ago by G.J.
Julian Corkel's death
So taken with Julian was I that at the end of the book I was worried whether he was going to die of alcoholic poisoning, tobacco poisoning or obesity. I still am. Read more
Published 13 months ago by J
A Filthy Liar but a little charmer - with hairspray!
I got this book as it popped up on my `Recommendations', and there were so many positive reviews I just had to take a punt. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tommy D
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