| Description |
xiv, 287 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1 In paradise -- 2 Barefoot and pregnant -- 3 Trouble in paradise -- 4 Enter the dragon -- 5 Nowhere to run -- 6 1-800 G-E-T-O-U-T-N-O-W -- 7 The garden of earthly resort features -- 8 Lifestyles of the rich and childless -- 9 Schoolies: when munchkins attack -- 10 The fourth-largest city of the future -- 11 I put a (sexy) spell on you -- 12 The kraken wakes -- 13 All the lonely people -- 14 Clan of the cave bear -- 15 Porn to run -- 16 Swing party down-under -- 17 Don't hit mummy -- 18 Flip out on level eight -- 19 Escape from pleasure island -- 20 I see dead people -- 21 Bonito sees death -- 22 Kane and the B3 nightclub spectacular -- 23 Rod and Todd -- 24 Fish roulette -- 25 Kane rane -- 26 Farewell to paradise |
| Summary |
In less than fifty years a tiny holiday town of fibro shacks and mangrove swamps has grown to become a city of almost a million people and an embodiment of our unquenchable lust for surf, sun and sand. Set against a background of marina developments for the near-dead, a rampant drug culture, the underground porn industry and the anarchy of schoolies week, this book is a disturbing but often comical expose that trawls the underbelly of Gold Coast life while pondering the elusive nature of Paradise and the unexpected consequences of our desires |
| Notes |
"A journey into the dark heart of paradise" --Cover |
| Subject |
Shanahan, Brendan, 1976- -- Travel -- Australia -- Queensland -- Ghana.
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Shanahan, Brendan, 1976- -- Travel -- Australia -- Queensland -- Gold Coast
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Shanahan, Brendan, 1976-
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| SUBJECT |
Gold Coast (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83068759 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Gold Coast (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83068759 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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| ISBN |
0670040495 : |
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