The Flight of the Wannabees

‘The Funniest Book of the Year.’ The Flight of the Wannabees is the latest majestic novel from the mind of Doug Moody, Australia’s doyen of the written word. Blake Winton is back, a man who couldn’t give a tinkers cuss about anyone or anything. To be fair, the world couldn’t give a tuppenny damn about him either and his bludging lodger Corker is about to send him down to skid row. Blake encounters a shady group of failed theatricals who have dwarfed into evil mutants. These wombat mutilators are hell bent on putting the wrecking ball to any Australian production which is likely to prove successful. Meanwhile we encounter three lunatic women who run a sanctuary for disturbed mature males in Newcastle which has become a dumping ground for the mentally challenged. These men have reached retirement age, have paid off their mortgages and have now been cast off by their womenfolk who remain at home bleeding their pensions and bank accounts dry. Blake concludes there is no fool like an old fool when Mick Firko reveals that marriage could be on the cards, but is Firko really a phantom tinny thief? Things go from the sublime to the ridiculous when the hierarchy of the Steam Punk fraternity in England launch a television reality show on the pox infested island of Vanuatu. The game is afoot for all and sundry, for young and old, for the sane and mentally unhinged. This book will have you laughing like a drain as the action unfolds.