Precious Bodily Fluids: 1961. A boy. A pub. And the great fluoride debate

By Charles Waterstreet

It's 1961 and deep in the Australian outback, the country town of Albury is about to go to war with itself. Putting fluoride in the water supply isn't exactly a straightforward proposition - in fact, it's a secret ploy by the communists to poison the townsfolk's precious bodily fluids. Or is it? Seen through the eyes of mischievous 11-year-old schoolboy Charles, PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS is a hysterically funny childhood memoir that vividly evokes a certain time, place and way of life that is now lost forever ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0733613241
• ISBN13: 9780733613241
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Laugh till you cry!

This is a review of the book rather than the taped version.I grew up in a suburb of Melbourne,Australia and so am fully cognisant of that era in Australia and,being convent educated,of the morals and mores of that time.I laughed till I nearly made myself sick and then laughed some more! I don't know whether or not growing up in the U.S. in a country town in that era would be very different but I can only hope that it rings a bell with other readers. If you would just like a great big belly laugh and to enjoy a simple,uncomplicated story,you'll love this account of a larrikin of a boy(I don't know the American word to use for a naughty scamp who's always in trouble).