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We have received many emails over the past six months enquiring after Bob and his health and we're very happy to announce that Bob has a new book coming out this December! See the details below.

To see Bob's previous update for the site, go here, and see his photos here.

But please remember if you want to contact Bob you can still do so by sending your emails through to us at any time. Still Riding on the Storm - Robert G Barrett

Still Riding on the Storm

This year is the 25th anniversary of the publication of the firstLes Norton novel and to celebrate we are releasing the first new material from Bob in two years.

First published in 1996, Rider on the Storm was a collection of Les Norton short stories and articles by Bob on subjects as wide-ranging as acting, dating, getting the dole and being famous. It is described by Abe Books as ‘one of the author’s more scarce titles’.
We are now reissuing it with updated and extra new material, as Still Riding on the Storm. As well as a new introduction to explain the book to Bob's readers, there are two new Les Norton stories and he is also writing an article...more
ISBN: 9780732295042
Book Format: B+Paperback
Price (Aust RRP): $24.99
Publication Date: Dec 2011

LES NORTON AND THE CASE OF THE TALKING PIE CRUST - Robert G BarrettHigh Noon in Nimbin

′He looks kind of happy‚′ said Les. ′Are you sure he′s dead?′

′Am I sure he′s dead?′ replied Eddie. ′Of course he′s dead. If you don′t believe me‚ there′s a knife in my bag‚ stick it in his ribs.′

′No‚ I′ll take your word for it.′

′The only problem now‚ Les‚ is what do we do with the body?′

Arranging the hit on Fabio was off tap‚ and Les knew it. And when you get Sydney′s deadliest killer to do the hit‚ there′s always a quid pro quo. So Les is off to Nimbin in NSW to help an old army mate of Eddie Salita′s open a bar‚ the Double L. Ranch. Which suited Les since he had to take his friend Tony Nathan the surf photographer to the waxhead wedding of the year at Blueys Beach‚ and it was on the way...more
ISBN: 9780732287573
Book Format: Trade Paperback
Price (Aust RRP): $29.99
Publication Date: March 2009

LES NORTON AND THE CASE OF THE TALKING PIE CRUST - Robert G BarrettLes Norton and the Case of the Talking Pie Crust
Set in Bondi and the Central Coast, this is vintage Les Norton - giving advice to Bodene on his politically correct film Gone with the Willy Willy (featuring gay Muslims, a Maori suicide bomber and a flagon of Grange Hermitage), dealing with an enraged ice addict who won't stay down, and confronting a shot gun and an exploding building.Not to mention the Mongolian Death Lock...
ISBN: 9780732283971
Book Format: Paperback
Price (Aust RRP): $19.99
Publication Date: August 2008

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From Bob's desk - November 2010

Hello out there again to all my readers and friends in cyberspace. It’s been a fair while since I updated my website. But I’ve got a good reason for it. I know at the end of my last update I said my next one wouldn’t be such a big whinge. Well I got some bad news for you. It’s a bigger whinge than ever. And I’ve virtually come back from the dead to have it... read Bob's letter.

Read Bob's earlier letter.

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Me and my latest best friend, Lachlan MurdochMe at a bar in Scone

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