THE NOSTALGIA DETECTIVE

<p>From an Albany hospital bed John a stay-at-home dad and casual private detective tells the story of his attempt to find Richie Curtz a white middle-aged man missing now for over a month. Despite several probable leads the official investigation has stalled. But John the Nostalgia Detective suspects the most promising lead has so far been overlooked: the connection between Richie's 'last seen wearing' grunge-era outfit his upcoming fortieth birthday and the recent death of a 1990s musical icon. The search takes John from Perth to the greater South West of Western Australia as he traces the history of a man who leaves very few traces all the while dealing with his own anxieties paranoia Gen-X cynicism and some unwelcome intrusions from the past. </p>