
“…a love story like no other”
THE ROAD BEHIND …is a roller coaster ride through the seventies, eighties and nineties, as protagonist Mark Kidman traces a circuitous route from his childhood, in New Zealand and England, to fatherhood and impending middle age in Melbourne. It’s told from a number of perspectives as it crisscrosses the Tasman, swirls around Sydney and Melbourne, digs into Central Australia and circles the globe. [Read More...]
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“…She took me by the hand, led me to the toilet and locked the door. ‘How do we do it?’ I whispered. ‘I thought you’d be the expert,’ she giggled, kicking her shoes off, wriggling out of her jeans then slipping her knickers off.
I got such a massive erection I could hardly get my button undone. She danced around me provocatively while I struggled to pull my jeans off over my shoes. She pushed me down onto the toilet and sat astride me, while I pushed one shoe, helplessly, against the other. [Read More...]
“…Johnny pulls over to the middle of the road to stop for a chuck. The hallucinations take the opportunity to crowd in – horses, cows and big fucking semi trailers. Blitz keeps him cool, no need to panic.
The kids pile out. Time for a piss. They join dad, lined up across the road, three standing, one squatting – a close family. [Read More...]
“…At around 9:30 I went to the toilet. Ever Fallen in Love? had just started – my all time favourite Buzzcocks song. I pushed the door open on the start of the fourth bar, zipped my fly down on the start of the first verse and let loose through the first verse and chorus. ‘Ever fallen in love,’ I sang along, spraying up and down the urinal. Luckily there was no one else there. There was a loud crash somewhere outside. I zipped myself up on the first bar of the [Read More...]
Cameron Woodhead reviews the book in the Melbourne Age Saturday 30th October 2010. … [Read More...]
I got my copy on a Saturday afternoon and had finished it by Sunday afternoon. I read long into the night taking only meal and coffee breaks, such was … [Read More...]
The Road Behind - (Punk just Sucks Now) an edited version of Raewyn Alexander’s review – full review available at: … [Read More...]
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Last year a book was written with almost exactly the same plot as mine and it sold over one and a half million copies. The story of a screwed up guy who’s quite delusional touches an emotional chord in all of us. We’re fascinated. Intrigued. The possibility that reality could encroach on the protagonist at any moment is spellbinding. I don’t expect to sell as many copies of my book as … [Read More...]

Coming Soon The Bits that didn’t Fit is a collection of stories inhabited by the loose nuts, bolts and washers of society. Tales told by the queer, the quirky and the downright demented. The misfits of society. The sad, the sick, the funny and the tragic. The bits that don’t fit. My father used to tell me stories, when I was young, about the men he worked with on ships and at power … [Read More...]
Jonathan is on a panel in the Willy Literary Festival - "Getting your first novel across the line" - on Saturday April 30th at Wiliamstown Town Hall, 12.30 to 1.30. Details at http://www.willylitfest.com.au/ Come on down. … [Read More...]

Jonathan Griffiths was born in … [Read More...]

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