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Smoky Joe's Cafe / Bryce Courtenay.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
AF COUR	Adult Fiction		Bankstown .	. On Loan .	19 Jun 2024

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ISBN	9780143004738 (paperback)
Name	Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012 author.
Title	Smoky Joe's Cafe / Bryce Courtenay.
Published	Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books, 2006.
Published	©2001
Description	237 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	First published by Penguin Books, Australia, 2001.
Summary	Thommo begins to develop all kinds pf physical and mental problems, and thinks it must only be him until he finds he is not alone. Ten mates, all who remain of his platoon, are affected the same way. Now Thommo and his mates are eleven angry men out for revenge. They rope in an ex-Viet Cong with 'special skills' and his own secret agenda. They're the 'Dirty Dozen', just like the movie. Only it's real life and they're so screwed up they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That is, until a woman of character steps in. Wendy's infant daughter is dying and needs a transplant. She sets out to mould this bunch of ex-jungle fighters into a unit that will fight for justice, by fair means or foul.
Subjects	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Australia -- Fiction
	Secrecy -- Fiction
	Australian fiction
Genre	Domestic fiction
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Australian fiction . Domestic fiction . Secrecy -- Fiction . Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Australia -- Fiction . See Also: Australian literature . Children's stories, Australian . Science fiction, Australian . Short stories, Australian . Authors: Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012 .