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Last Drinks
Author:	Andrew McGahan
Cover Artist:	Nada Backovic^[1]
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime novel
Publisher:	Allen and Unwin, Sydney
Release Date:	2000
Media Type:	Print Paperback
Pages:	377pp
Isbn:	1-86508-406-9
Oclc:	47033960
Preceded By:	1988
Followed By:	The White Earth

Last Drinks is a 2000 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Andrew McGahan.^[2]

Synopsis

Ten years after the Fitzgerald Inquiry into Queensland police, disgraced lawyer George Verney hears of the death of an old friend in Brisbane, so he travels back there to help arrange the funeral, and to try to find out what caused his friend's death.

Awards

• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel, 2001: winner^[3]

Notes

• Author's note: This is a work of fiction. While obviously inspired to some degree by the Fitzgerald inquiry and its era in Queensland, this is not, even for a moment, an historic or factual version of those times. In particular, no character in this book should be mistaken for any actual person, living or dead.^[4]
• A stage version, adapted by Shaun Charles, premiered at Brisbane's La Boite Theatre in August 2006.^[5]

Reviews

• "Aussiereviews" Book Review: Last Drinks, by Andrew McGahan
• "The Australian Public Intellectual network" Australian Public Intellectual [API] Network]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LAST DRINKS by Andrew McGahan. www.middlemiss.org.
2. Web site: Last Drinks by Andrew McGahan. National Library of Australia. 14 October 2024.
3. Web site: 2001 Ned Kelly Award Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181222/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/7 . 2016-03-27 . 14 October 2024 . Australian Crime Writers.
4. Web site: Austlit — Last Drinks by Andrew McGahan . Austlit. 14 October 2024.
5. Web site: "Last Drinks by Shaun Charles" . PlayLab Theatre. 14 October 2024.