In search of some light relief, journalist Brendan Shanahan decided to spend four months experiencing the glitz and glamour of the Gold Coast. What he found, however, was a dysfunctional city with a rampant drug culture, a thriving underground porn industry and the anarchy of schoolies week. This disturbing but often comical expose trawls the underbelly of Gold Coast life and ponders the elusive nature of Paradise. About the Author: Brendan Shanahan is a freelance journalist who writes for the Sunday Telegraph and whose work has also appeared on television and radio. He has extensive media contacts, which - together with the controversial nature of his material - will guarantee plenty of publicity!

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Got part way through the book and got snowed under with many many other books. so I part with this with regret.
in the Anything goes under 5 yrs fiction bag

Caught when the bookbag returned home - I have registered a copy of this before, found it entertaining but as an ex-Gold Coaster, also found it very annoying.
The Surfers Paradise where tourists stay is not the real Gold Coast and in 4 months a little journo from Syndey is not qualified to suggest that it is!

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