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001			ocn999439512
003			OCoLC
005			20190311143552.0
008			170807s2017 xx 000 0 eng d
020			_a1925584445
020			_a9781925584448
029	1		_aAU@ _b000061026185
035			_a(OCoLC)999439512
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX _dATNSH
100			_aMartin, Tony, _934505 _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDeadly kerfuffle
260			_aMelbourne _bAffirm Press _c2017.
300			_a276 p. _c23 cm
520			_at’s 2006, and terror scaremongering in the media has rattled the residents of sleepy, suburban Dunlop Crescent. When a Maori family moves into number 14, the local cranks assume they are Middle Eastern terrorists hell-bent on destroying the Australian way of life. Rumour has it that they plan to turn their house to face Mecca. This sets off an extraordinary chain of events that embroils the entire neighbourhood as well as cynical media figures, bumbling anti-terrorist police, and a gang of white supremacists with a radical plan to wake up the country and ‘preserve Australian values’. At the centre of it all is Gordon, a retired widower, who just wants a bit of peace and quiet. Deadly Kerfuffle is a smart, riveting and incredibly funny novel inspired by actual letters to the editor in a local newspaper. Through biting satire and a cast of unforgettable characters, it’s an insight into the kind of paranoia that could only ever blossom in the
655		0	_910190 _aHumourous fiction.
650		0	_971 _aTerrorists _vFiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 5 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c40018 _d40018