ALL OF MY FRIENDS DIED IN PLANE CRASHES

Written By Adrian Zupp

Fair Dinkum Stories About Wild Aussie Boys (And a Few Wild Sheilas)


“Adrian Zupp writes like a house on fire.” – New York Times bestselling author Lucia Berlin

 

And so it is in the tough, uncompromising, yet often funny stories of ALL OF MY FRIENDS DIED IN PLANE CRASHES. As Australian as shark attacks, this stubbornly unapologetic book shows a side of Australia you won’t find anywhere else. Set in the period 1965-1991 (apart from one historical story) PLANE CRASHES is about growing up and breaking out in Sydney’s tough western suburbs “back in the day.” Written first-thought-best-thought, Zupp blazes through tales fermented with Aussie humor, urban violence, youthful energy, and the trappings of authentic Down Under culture. At times coarse enough to discourage the careless reader, there is also sensitivity, symbolism, and layers of social commentary here that warrant, and encourage, complete immersion. These stories are so real, so honest, you’ll feel them. Some are written in the working class “Westie” accent, while the copious slang is easily navigated thanks to a comprehensive Glossary of Aussie Slang in the back of the book.

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The Car That Broke the Internet!

Brett Hewerdine’s 1970 Holden HT Monaro GTS

 

ALL OF MY FRIENDS DIED IN PLANE CRASHES

 

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Every Saturday night, I felt the fever grow…

– Meat Loaf, “All Revved Up With No Place To Go”

THA BOYZ

 

HIGH SCHOOL

RED RATTLERS

SYDNEY

VENUES & DISCOS

MORE SLIDESHOWS WILL BE ADDED WHEN I’M FEELING MOTIVATED…

 

THE 17 STORIES OF PLANE CRASHES

“Quannie”
In the beginning, was The Fight.

“Crime Scene”
A scorching Sydney day and a badly planned holdup. And a vicious dog. And big tits. And…

“Murder Billy”
Sharpies, sharpies, all fall down.

“Holy Terror”
I wasn’t a bad kid, I was just… a bit of a larrikin.

“Footprints In the Sand”
The shocking double-homicide that’s haunted Sydney for half a century.

“The Big League ’85”
It’s not football, it’s tribalism. And we don’t take fuckin’ prisoners.

“Debbie”
Life as a slow-moving tragedy. And who are the real sluts?

“Waiting for Shane”
If streetfighting was an Olympic sport, here’s your gold medalist.

“Hot Town”
Sydney’s underbelly has always been in full view.

“Crime Scene 2”
Moral: Don’t clown around when it could cost you your life.

“Taken by a Shark”
The boy who cried “shark!” Ha ha.

“Ned Kelly’s Last Day On Earth”
An Aussie outlaw legend awaits the rope. “Such is life.”

“Shit Scared”
When skinheads ruled Sydney’s trains.

“Raggedy Ann”
Stoned young love.

“The Chisels”
Watch the Dead Man like a fuckin’ hawk!

“Better Days”
Who wouldn’t want to be a kid again?

“Party”
The bungled and the botched. The hedonistic and the suicidal. The tragic and the ecstatic. And some silly bugger squeezed tight in an elevated straightjacket. It was a great night.

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