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He Died with a Falafel in His Hand

By: John Birmingham
Narrated by: John Birmingham, Greg Fleet, Mikey Robins, Jeremy Sims, Gretel Killeen
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These hilarious tales of urban terror reveal the dark truth hidden behind three seemingly innocent words - a phrase that you have seen a hundred times before but will never view in the same light again - WANTED TO SHARE. John Birmingham's rendering of a life in share houses will leave you laughing, cringing and reminiscing about your own brushes with the mad, bad residents of flat mate hell.

©1994 © John Birmingham 1994. (P)1997 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Literature & Fiction Witty Comedy
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I love this book, so was disappointed that parts of it were left out. I don't know why these bits were skipped over. It diminished the flow and enjoyment of the story for me.

Lacklustre rendition of a great book.

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very good, it was entertaining to hear many people read the book, though at times when not paying too much mind it got confusing

very good

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Pleasant to hear an Australian accent narrating an Australian story. If you're after a story without too much thought and a bit of humor I'd recommend it. For those considering share housing please keep in mind it's not all drugs and commune living.

Easy and Light hearted

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Would you listen to He Died with a Falafel in His Hand again? Why?

Yes, It was a classic book in the 90's and loved it again through the audio book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

all of teh characters add to the bedlam

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

it was a group of well known australian's who bought their funny game to the book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

if you ever lived in share houses, then you will relate to the book.

Classic - Loved it

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very funny very relatable it took me back to my early 20s. listen to this with my now adult children in the car and they loved it

an absolute Australian classic

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Birmingham narrates you on a journey that will leave you on a PTSD flashback path of your own memorable share housing experiences.
A delightful brief experience that will leave you laughing for hours.

Hysterical and relatable

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the term cultural cringe was going out of vogue as I grew up. mentioned by teachers here and there but I didn't quite get it. Now I do. This book sent shivers down my spine; were australians only 1 generation before me really like this. 'watching the teev mate. met a jap girl.' some of the stories resonated with my own early 20's existence. the collective phone bill horror stories didnt. maybe im too young at the spritely 35 to fully get it. mikey robbins was a great of course.

now i understand what cultural cringe is

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The narrators are fantastic, just a shame it's a bit of an abridged version.

enjoyable

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Hilarious time capsule of share-house living in the 90s - on acid. Featuring a grungy ensemble of Aussie misfit comedians it’s like enjoying some far flung yarns over some cheap Lambrusco and pizza on a dodgy student couch on the veranda in the wee hours.

Bloody funny but half laughing at yourself

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As the title suggests above, bit boring, time period kept jumping and music was a bit off

It was ok just a bit boring, music seemed unnecessary and the time period kept jumping

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