When Billy Glasheen picks up a trashy paperback he finds in his cab, its plot seems weirdly familiar. One of the main characters is based on him . . . Only one person knows enough about his past to have written itâMax, his double-crossing ex-partner in crime. But Max is dead. He famously went up in flames, along with a fortune in cash, after a bank heist. If Max is somehow still alive, Billy has a score to settle. And if he didnât get fried to a crisp, maybe the money didnât either. To find out, Billy has to follow the clues in the strange little bookâand rapidly discovers heâs not the only one on Maxâs trail.
The Big Whatever is the fourth instalment of Peter Doyleâs acclaimed series, which has grown into an epic underground history of postwar Australia, where crooks, entertainers, scammers, corrupt cops and politicians all rub shoulders, chasing their big paydays.
When Billy Glasheen picks up a trashy paperback he finds in his cab, its plot seems weirdly familiar. One of the main characters is based on him . . . Only one person knows enough about his past to have written itâMax, his double-crossing ex-partner in crime. But Max is dead. He famously went up in flames, along with a fortune in cash, after a bank heist. If Max is somehow still alive, Billy has a score to settle. And if he didnât get fried to a crisp, maybe the money didnât either. To find out, Billy has to follow the clues in the strange little bookâand rapidly discovers heâs not the only one on Maxâs trail.
The Big Whatever is the fourth instalment of Peter Doyleâs acclaimed series, which has grown into an epic underground history of postwar Australia, where crooks, entertainers, scammers, corrupt cops and politicians all rub shoulders, chasing their big paydays.