Ferris

Male | 30s | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 5

EXTRACT: There was only one thing to do - go! I picked up me clowning gear, hurled myself into the Holden, drove three blocks and- where's me wallet? I stop. Pockets ... no. Bag ... no. Front seat... back seat... dashboard ... no wallet Fuck. Back in the house, cushions flying, furniture rolling, Sylvia just staring at this pathetic excuse for a human being, I just want to cry, just want to hold onto her skirt and cry like a baby,

Barney

Male | 40s | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 24

EXTRACT: Really? 'Course really! You think he come here for cup o' tea? Nah! He lookin' for woman. Mans always Jookin' for womans. Everywhere you go, mans always lookin' for womans. And then ... bang ... you got 'em babies! everywhere you go babies! 'Cause mans and womans make babies! [pause] Hey, Ferret, you know the meaning of- confusion?....Father's Day in Broome! Ha ha ha. That's a good one!

REVIEW: WELCOME TO BROOME

CARRIE KABLEAN, THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, 28 JUNE 1998

"Rob and Chrissy seem happy. They have a new son and are adjusting to the pressures of parenthood, but the first clue to tension is voiced early on when Rob is told, without malice: 'You're just a middle-class white boy who's gone walkabout.'"

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