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| Author | Peter Doyle |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Random House, Melbourne |
Publication date | 1998 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 250 pp |
| ISBN | 0-09-183656-5 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 38833698 |
| Preceded by | Get Rich Quick |
| Followed by | The Devil's Jump |
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Damo Gay, writing on the Australian Crime Fiction HQ website noted: "Amaze Your Friends is a dark hardboiled crime story that will take a man and subject him to all manner of adversity. It's set in Sydney as the 1950s are drawing to a close, following the attempts of a small-time hustler to come up with some money as quickly as possible. It's a wild and unpredictable ride through the low-life haunts of the city's drug-dens, dealing with corrupt cops while trying to maintain a string of dodgy mail-order scams...At times it's crude and at others it's graphic, but it's most definitely an entertaining read." [3]
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