Wi : a novel / Bill Reed
- Bib ID:
- 8561879
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Reed, Bill, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit
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- Edition:
- Smashwords edition.
- Access Conditions:
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- National edeposit: Available online with download restriction
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- [Clyde, NSW] : Reed Independent, [2021]
- 1 online resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780648764120 (EPUB)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of Access: available online.
- Summary:
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"You know I'd never lie to you. How could I? It's the Talls campfire and these are the oral-lit smoke trails that swirl about you, never to dribble drivel upon you. You can be sure you'll only get what's inner-heard. I embellish you not. Surely you remember Wi, a name especially chosen to fit our attention spans? The world-record kidnappee, nabbee, swipee, snatchee, hoisted so many times even he's lost count? (How about that three times in five minutes effort? That takes rare raw talent, that does.) I mean, if it wasn't for our Wi how many of these yabbers, yarns, shaggy dogs and yank-your-chain whoppers could I trot out for you? Even getting across one's not easy when it's always against the wind from people laughing in your face. No, really, without our Wi, where would all the odd-balls be, drowning their sorrows by ingesting the food in Dominic's Eatery, swallowing whole mouthfuls without a thought for their own safety? Would any plate get the Wi wipe and come out miraculously unscathed from what had been just laid upon it? Without Wi, how many screwballs could have hired him to do all they've ever wanted to do? God knows, and the Talls say 'God knows' because, if you take it that God made him in His own image, then maybe you've stumbled across the one time God spoke too soon. Okay, setting that aside, coming to you is a cast of Lankan characters - and you'd cast too -- and barf, and burp - if you had some of Dominic's food inside you, let's not kid ourselves. Not all of us have cast-iron guts and can absorb what could canonize you if you kept it down. And our Wi can't help being White, either. Did he ever ask for the hoists he's had to suffer, or complained about the lack of duty-of-care his kidnappers have shown him -- their kidnappee, after all? No. All he asked was a hideaway high above the stars so bright. At least he got that. And, though having to watchfully wait, at least he received the epiphs, too. With the epiphs, he could epiphicatedly dream, so I guess he had some compensation. And let's not forget he's Talls recorded as having said, 'Just let me know if I'm breathing too much and I'll stop'. Hey, what kidnappee or country like Australia gets a kidnappee so considerate? Is he a peach of a pooch, or what?" --External website.
- Notes:
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- Title from title screen.
- Also available in print.
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- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2021
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