Absent without leave : the private war of Private Stanley Livingston / Paul Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Paul, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livingston family.

Livingston, Stanley.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Australian.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Australia.

Families--Australia--Biography.

Families.

Soldiers--Australia--Biography.

Soldiers.

World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Personal narratives.

Absence without leave--Australia.

Absence without leave.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A touching, surprising, controversial and original family memoir, from the unique mind of well-known comedy figure Paul Livingston - aka Flacco.

Contents:

COVER PAGE; BOOK DESCRIPTION; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; . . . AND HOW WAS YOUR WAR, DAD?; INTRODUCTION: TWO OF THE BOYS, A WOG, A DONKEY AND MYSELF; 1. THREE MEN WALK INTO A BAR; 2. ONE SMALL STEP FOR A ZETLAND BOY; 3. HOLE SWEET HOLE; 4. MAYHEM WAS ONLY A PART OF IT; 5. THREE MEN AND A BARBER SHOP; 6. A NIP IN THE AIR; 7. THE HOME-FRONT LINE; PICTURE SECTION; 8. EVELYN'S WAR; 9. RUN FOR YOUR DEATH; 10. GAPS IN THE RANKS; 11. ABSENT FRIENDS; 12. FROM THE PIMPLE TO SCARLET BEACH VIA DEAD MAN'S GULLY; 13. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS; 14. PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR

15. THE ORDINARY TRENCHES16. MEMOIRS OF A PACIFIST SMOKER; 17. DON'T GIVE AN OLD DIGGER THE GRIPES; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74343-346-8

OCLC:

862049840