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LAUNCH: Peter Skrzynecki's 'Boys of Summer'

Event Details

Time: April 21, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: Gleebooks
Street: 49 Glebe Pt Rd
City/Town: Glebe
Website or Map: http://www.gleebooks.com.au/d…
Phone: 02 9660 2333
Event Type: launch, novel
Organized By: Gleebooks
Latest Activity: Mar 8, 2010

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Event Description

Boys of Summer is set in the 1950s when American film stars and teenage rock’n’roll idols were beginning to influence Australian culture . It is a coming-of-age account of Tom Krupa’s childhood in Sydney's outer western suburbs with his Polish migrant parents. His is a world of backyard adventures, radio serials and comic-book heroes.

Peter Skrzynecki was born in Germany in 1945 and came to Australia in 1949. He has published 16 books of poetry and prose. He has been shortlisted three times for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award.