Mark Dapin
The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing
$39.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
From the cliffs of Gallipoli, through the jungles of Vietnam, to the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, Australia's short history is a story of war. The battlefield has shaped the way we define ourselves - the Australian... Buy or find out more→
Spirit House
$32.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Long ago, Jimmy Reubens was a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway. For more than four decades, he has staved off the ghosts of his past by drinking too much, outstaying his welcome at his local RSL, and bickering with his three closest... Buy or find out more→
King of the Cross
$22.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Jacob Mendoza, legendary Godfather of the Kings Cross and for more than four decades, Australia's most powerful and notorious crime figure, employs a hapless young reporter to record his epic life story. As Mendoza unfold his... Buy or find out more→
King of the Cross
$33.00 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
"Violently funny, brutally incorrect, sly and subversive and addictive... A killer read from a writer who punches both hands and winks at the crowd while he's at it. His protagonist is part punk, part pug, part poet – an... Buy or find out more→
Strange Country: Travels in a Very Different Australia
$25.00 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
In Strange Country, Mark Dapin takes us on a journey through a very different Australia - a country that's eccentric, puzzling, big-hearted, small-minded, nostalgic and sometimes just plain mad. His writing illuminates the... Buy or find out more→
Fridge Magnets are Bastards
$25.00 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Grumpy middle aged man Mark Daplain can complain and does about almost everything. A book for anyone who's ever gnashed their teeth over contemporary stupidity. Buy or find out more→
Sex and Money: How I lived, Breathed, Read, Wrote, Loved, Hated, Slept, Dreamed and Drank Men's Magazines
$30.00 – Paperback / Allen & Unwin
An inside account of men's magazines through the eyes of a journo who's in the middle of it. Along with his own background Dapin tells the history of men's magazines in Australia and how women become cover-girls and how... Buy or find out more→
Strange Country: Travels in a Very Different Australia
$35.00 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
"This book is about the people I met as I crisscrossed Australia by train and plane and L-plated car: the undefeated dreamers and wild-hearted romantics, the obsessed hobbyists and beautiful failures. It is about heroes and... Buy or find out more→