Frack off: Trouble in the High Country and the Kimberley
Sometimes it’s hard to decide. Here’s the Amazon description:
FRACKING DOWN UNDER – WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW
You need to read this book because:
•It will tell you about fracking and lock-the-gate against coal seam gas
•You will meet alternative lifestyles – lesbian and trans
•There is a mystery as well as civil disobedience
•You will travel to Broome in the WA tropics.
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“You will meet alternative lifestyles – lesbian and trans”
That’s like looking at the back cover of a video game case and seeing “meet different characters” as one of its selling points. How unique and exciting (S A R C A S M)
Instead of ordering the book can I order a burly man to stop by the author’s home and slap him?
How do you claim to possess a Bachelor of Education and a Graduate Diploma of Librarianship yet have no idea how to write or what books look like?
What is the subtitle supposed to mean? “Trouble in the High Country”, fine, but “And the Kimberley”? WTF? Is that supposed to be the rest of the first line or a separate idea? Is ‘The Kimberley’ a place or a person?
Oh, and a middle-aged man writing a story from the perspective of a young girl (complete with a mention of her menstrual cycle) seems just a bit creepy, especially when his profile photo looks like it was scanned from his sex offender registration card.
The fact he repeatedly demands we buy his books isn’t helping.
Calgon! Take me away!
Hey, there! I’ve never had someone refer to me as The Kimberly, but…nice to be accorded the respect that I so richly deserve. (bows deeply)
The randomly capitalized “And” is my favorite part of this cover.
“High Country,” hm? I’ll go ahead and make the obligatory, “Just how high was the author?” joke.
I’m just wondering what he meams by “the WA tropics”. I live in Washington, and while I certainly enjoy it here nobody’s ever described any part of the state as tropical.
C’mon guys – “The Kimberley” (WA = Western Australia) is absolutely fair enough if you just google it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)
Quote: “The Kimberley has a tropical monsoon climate.”
Having said that, all the other aspects of rubbishness are still valid.
Potential readers shouldn’t have to Google the cover text. If I mention I’m going to the Canyon this weekend do you know what I mean? My neighbors do, but most people won’t.
Frack me! No, frack you! (Sorry if you toss it underhanded i got to knock it out of the park.)