A collection of stories emanating from the experience of growing up, living and working in Australia?s third metropolis. ?Denying the Faith? and ?This Clown? record the fearful impressions of a childhood spent in Irish Catholic suburbia, reflected upon later in life when the fear has subsided but the guilt remains. ?Going to Kanga?s? and ?Suburban Odyssey? recall the experiences of a taxi driver both fascinated and annoyed by the alcohol-fuelled passengers who helped him make a living in a job that was only meant to be temporary while his real career was being identified. And ?Throwing Up in Toowoomba? takes a brief exit from Brisbane, but only for a fraught weekend, to detail the inner turmoil of a young and insecure man learning the brutal lessons of the heart in a period not so long ago