Mordialloc - Softcover

Set in 1988, Mordialloc tells the story of 18-year-old Floyde McGuinness - a D grade student with a lack of direction. Although quite aware that the world is changing around him, Floyde isn't completely sure if he is ready to change with it. An over-achieving older brother and the lack of a stable, mature male role model do little to help his cause. With year 11 in the rear view mirror, Floyde decides to throw a party for his graduating class. Hard liquor, inexperience and a testosterone-fuelled peer group are seldom a good mix. What seems funny at the time isn't always funny in the morning and a court case suddenly looms on the horizon. The boys find themselves scrambling; all for one and one for all. Well, maybe not this time. Raw, moving and sprinkled with light humour, Mordialloc (the book title is the name of a suburb of Melbourne) beautifully depicts the transition into manhood. The story is a candid reminder that no matter who you are, or what you are, 'growing up ain't easy'.

James Maclean was born in Melbourne in 1970. He currently resides in Izmir, Turkey with a wife and two kids where he teaches English.