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Rider on the Storm

And Other Bits and Barrett

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Rider on the Storm

By: Robert G. Barrett
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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About this listen

Robert G. Barrett is a self-confessed antagoniser of the literary elite and a master of political incorrectness. For more than a decade now, Robert G. Barrett has been entertaining Australians with the cocky Queenslander Les Norton and his outrageous exploits.

In this collection, as well as more great Les Norton stories, Robert G. Barrett offers his views on getting published, getting famous, getting the dole and getting a date.

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Editorial reviews

Rider on the Storm collects stories and magazine articles by one of Australia’s most popular writers, Robert G. Barrett, who voices his own no-nonsense, politically incorrect prose in this audiobook.

The stories feature Barrett’s most famous fictional creation and alter ego, Les Norton, a hard-living Sydney night-club bouncer. In articles originally published in Penthouse and Playboy, Barrett offers his unvarnished opinions on acting, fine dining, and getting published.

Although those unfamiliar with Australian slang might find him hard to understand at first, Barrett’s gruff, blustery performance of his work, delivered as though from a bar stool, allows the warmth and humanity of his writing to shine.

Critic Reviews

"The king of popular fiction." (The Australian)
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Not the classic humour of the Les Norton series and a struggle to listen too at times, not nearly as well narrated compared to Dino Marnika.

I was expecting a Les Norton story

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Just a bunch of short story’s with same voice not narrated as well as every other book hopeless
Next book is back to the same

Boring and not the same as les norton

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No good. I’ve really enjoyed the Les Norton series and thought this would be similar but it is just a dated collection of irrelevant stories.

Steer clear of this one- Stay with the Les Norton books

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