Easy Does It

Every pub in the world is a repository for a rich tapestry of yarns, some true, others fictitious. "Easy Does It" is the second collection of quirky tales from the King's Head in Newtown, narrated by the pub's resident bookie, Egils, who doubles up as a chook-raffler to deflect police attention. Egils, who is known in the Aussie vernacular as "Eggo", is an engaging and rambunctious character — a WW2 German army deserter turned Polish partisan, and now an Australian citizen acting out his colourful past to create a questionable future.