Description of book
No DJ can mix 'Celebration' into 'Come On Eileen' quite like Paul Johnson, the king of rancid retro. But while he has the musical jumper leads to get even the most dismal party started, he can't get his own life moving. Trapped in a job he despises, a perpetual failure with the ladies and living at home with his distinctly unhelpful parents, Paul's stuck in limbo while everyone around him is limbo-dancing.
While he's avoided the corporate mousetrap that's ensnared his friend Nige, Paul dreams of one day playing his own music instead of John Farnham's. But it's much easier to joke about your problems with your friends than to do something about them.
A romantic comedy that's equal parts bitingly cynical and naively idealistic, DISCO BOY is a story for anyone who's ever hit the Pause button on their life, and found it hard to press Play again.
Reviews
Praise for Disco Boy
*If Nick Hornby and The Buddha wrote a book together- It’d be much better than this one- Chas Licciardello
* The Chaser’s Dominic Knight has penned a good old-fashioned comedy about a young man’s search for love- Sunday Age
* light-hearted celebration of things uncool - Kirkus Rewviews
* a lighthearted look at an endearing young man’s search for love - Booklist
* a very readable page-turner that you could envisage being given the Richard Curtis treatment and turned into a film. And it would have a killer disco soundtrack of floor-filling guilty pleasures- Time Out
* Descriptions of the Australian dating culture in Disco Boy are at times painfully accurate, and Knight's well-crafted prose brings more than a few moments of humor. The novel is accurately described as a romantic comedy that's equal parts bitingly cynical and naively idealistic. - Tara Moss
* It's a read that will appeal to lawyers who don't take themselves too seriously and even wonder about the Frankenstein work/life balance they have created. Its appeal is wide enough to offer good things even to those who don't have an interest in music for the maniacally intoxicated - Lawyers Weekly