The Laughing Clowns
A tale of finding love again by going home
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3.1 • 12 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When a developer asks Peter to assess a prime piece of Queensland real estate – the Pickersgill Peninsula Showgrounds – he jumps at the chance. It will give him time out from having to be with the family he loves. And it will take him back to his childhood home; to his parents, his twin sister, Pearl, and his brother, Gary, the TV weatherman.
Over these few days, he will come to realise that sometimes when you go back to where you came from you find out how much you actually have, and how much you could lose. He just has to make his mind up, and listen to the advice that’s given by, of all people – the King of Hot Dogs.
But will he?
'For a novel that has so few pretensions, this is a skilfully constructed story that manages to be insightful, understated and very funny simultaneously' - Sydney Morning Herald
'William McInnes is insightful, thoughtful and funny. He has a flair for fiction as much as memoirs and non-fiction, as The Laughing Clowns will attest' - The Daily Telegraph
Customer Reviews
The laughing clowns
This book had me laughing put loud in some places and quiet with thought in some poignant moments. The thing about McInnes is he is the true Aussie male personified by the culture he has been brought up and lived fir his 50 plus years. Memories for us come flooding back, of old telly commercials, of the times of our youth and for me the sense memory is incredibly strong. Who on earth would think of mentioning the character reaching for a licorice bullet in the fridge, or toranas v hyundais etc. does it in all his books and I love that, because for me it is reminders of better days, of beach Christmases, of my beloved dad. He is not for everyone, but he is really in all his books the spit of my old man, whom I treasure in my heart forever, ironically I have been to areas that he speaks of and live close to his own area in Melbourne but you don't have to gave done a dip in acting or be arty or even in your fifth decade to get McInnes. You can relate on various levels, and you will.