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This page lists novels and non-fiction by Andrew Masterson. .

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By Andrew Masterson
- novels & story collections
- non-fiction

The Last Days: The Apocryphon Of Joe Panther

Andrew Masterson

1998

"I am thoroughly dislikeable. I know that. I am obnoxious, obscene, violent, lustful in my thoughts and bitter in my memories. I am untrustworthy, deceitful, opportunist, sly, brutal, usurious, unstable, uncharitable, and vengeance, always, is mine. I am capricious and heretic, appalling and cruel. I am the Son of Man. - Joe Panther is a man with many dangerous secrets. He is a private investigator. He is a drug-dealer. He is a killer. And, most notably, he is the Messiah, fallen on hard times. When a young woman is murdered in an inner-city church, the police suspect the local priest, who hires Panther to clear his name. Soon, he becomes both hunter and hunted. Nothing is as it seems - not even, perhaps, Panther's own sense of self."

The Letter Girl

Andrew Masterson

1999

"Jet Black has left her barmaid duties behind to run some valuable merchandise to the next city. The merchandise? Drugs? Stolen Goods? Nope, something much much better. She's managed to get hold of the world's only copy of Julius Caesar's long-lost masterpiece, Dr Analogia. All she has to do is deliver it to a black market dealer known as the Polymath and she'll finally have made herself a fortune. But there's a catch or two along the way. You see, books are banned and if Jet is caught with it - well, death would be the best way out. Another catch is that there's some unpleasant thugs on her tail. There's the insane head of a huge corporation that spans the world and his trusty deputy, two head-kickers in a red sports car and an all-male singing group. They all want to get their hands on Jet ASAP. Can Jet make it to the next city in her clapped-out old van with only her laptop computer for company? She's determined to reach the other side where her fortune awaits, but she'll have to enlist the help of an old man who has spent 20 years living in a telephone box, gun-toting Ferals and a pilot who just happens to be blind."

The Second Coming: The Passion Of Joe Panther

Andrew Masterson

2000

"There is no god,' I told him. Then I drove the syringe up into his nostril and straight through the side of his nose. 'Joe Panther is a psychotic, alcoholic, violent, substance-abusing heroin dealer. He is also, he believes, Joshua Ben Pantera, born two thousand years ago, the son of Mary and the Lord God Yaweh Himself, not dead yet, the crucified Jesus: still around, abandoned by his Father, abused by the world, and as pissed off as hell."

Death of the Author

Andrew Masterson

2001

"Australian poet and academic Rick Harding has a good life, until he discovers someone is stealing his poems and publishing them under another name. Who is Jason Schwartze and why has he selected Rick as his victim? Unable to get anyone to take his distress seriously, Rick determines to track down the plagiarist poet himself. Then someone starts stalking him and his wife Mandy, and things get out of control. Suddenly a happy marriage is plunged into suspicion and paranoia - and who can you trust if not the person you love most? Clever, witty and challenging, this is a story about the bloodshed that can ensue when literary theory and reality collide."

Pop, Print & Publicity

Andrew Masterson

1997

Bosstrology: A Guide To The Twelve Bastard Bosses Of The Zodiac

Adele Lang and Andrew Masterson

1997

Rocking In The Real World: An Introduction To The Music Industry In Australia

Andrew Masterson and Sue Gillard

1998

Alcorobics: Fitness And Harmony Through Drinking

Andrew Masterson

2003

Lolcatz, Santa, and Death by Dog: Strange and True Tales from Science and Technology

Andrew Masterson

2016 ?

"In Lolcatz, Santa, and Death by Dog, Andrew Masterson explores the windier shores of science and technology research. Have you ever considered, for example, the influence of breasts in cyberterrorism? Or the role of cats in the Arab Spring? Did you know that there is a peer-reviewed paper describing the correct method for sticking a pin in a can of Guinness? Have you paused to wonder why our future might depend on finding sympathy for bushfire arsonists? And why male menopause is a feminist issue? In a rich collection of stories, Masterson takes a gleeful romp through the curiosities of science and tech research, pausing occasionally to interview some of the giants in the field."