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S o l i d G o l d
Solid Gold presents together in one volume Bachelor Kisses and Perfect Skin, the two bestselling novels of much-loved author Nick Earls, and represents the complete story of Jon Marshall, Earls's popular and endearing antihero.
Bachelor Kisses
Jon Marshall has just graduated from med school. He shares a house with Rick and Jen, and together they grapple with takeaway food rituals, sporadic cocktail nights and the quest for love. But when Jon gets lucky in a way he's never expected he finds his life is spiralling way out of control.
Bachelor Kisses is the mess Jon Marshall makes of his life when it stops making sense - a chaotic comedy of misjudgments, misinformation and misguided intimacy.
Perfect Skin
Ten years have passed since Jon Marshall's footloose bachelor days, and he's come a long way. He's a partner in his own practice, owns a nice house in a nice suburb and cruises town in a Beemer. And he has a six-month-old daughter, Lily, affectionately known as the Bean. But life hasn't taken the path Jon guessed it would back in his twenties. His buddies lend support, but it's the Bean who shows him life's possibilities.
Perfect Skin is a witty, moving and highly original snapshot of what it is to be thirtysomething in a post-Duran Duran world.
(Jacket blurb from Solid Gold)
Praise for 'Perfect Skin'
"one of the few Australian Generation X novels to have made me roll around laughing"The Bulletin
"resonates with social faux pas, acute observation, well-drawn characters and an edifying humour"
Sydney Morning Herald
Praise for 'Bachelor Kisses'
"...is a beautifully written book by a genuinely talented writer."Sydney Morning Herald
"Nick Earls has written a gem in Bachelor Kisses. It’s funny, clever and brilliantly observed."
The Australian’s Review of Books
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