{"product_id":"take-my-advice-im-not-using-it-adventures-of-a-true-aussie-larrikin-paperback-3","title":"Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It: Adventures of a True Aussie Larrikin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRod Halsted\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe laugh out loud story of a rollercoaster life from penthouse to the slammer, and how Rod finally found his way back to sanity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I caught a bus to my first drug deal. It was the early 1970s, and I lived in Newtown, where you could leave your front door open without fear of being burgled-because so many of Sydney's criminals lived there. I didn't own a car and didn't have enough money for a cab.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy last deal ended abruptly in a country town with a police pistol put to my head after I had collected five kilos of the best grass ever grown in Australia. Well, that's what the courts said.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRod Halsted is the classic irrepressible Aussie larrikin. As soon as he could leave school, he headed straight to Kalgoorlie for adventure. Not that he needed to cross the country: adventure always finds Rod, and he loves to take a risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRod drank with Bob Hawke, did business with drug tsars, was rescued from the nick by Charles Waterstreet, hung with one of the Great Train Robbers, and wrote off endless cars. Then it all caught up with him. He has long abandoned the drugs and conquered his alcohol addiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is his laugh out loud story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Phew, I feel like I've been physically assaulted reading that book. But in a good way. It's a red hot read.' - \u003cb\u003eBarrie Cassidy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A wild country kid who hit the road to find himself and found crime instead... He took crazy risks with deadly crooks and lived to see the funny side of a reckless life.' -\u003cb\u003e Andrew Rule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRod Halsted \u003c\/b\u003ehas lived a knockabout life. He's dealt in drugs, done time, worked in pubs, fossicked for nickel, managed a patisserie franchise and built a pressure washing business from scratch into a million-dollar concern after getting sober 25 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45778209865925,"sku":"9781761472183","price":37.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/pvpITc0bAE9781761472183_d1232dd2-1d61-4a4e-bf57-a58bbc67759f.webp?v=1770572044","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/take-my-advice-im-not-using-it-adventures-of-a-true-aussie-larrikin-paperback-3","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}