Reference :- Andy Bolt's fight to save the country from fake aborigines has not ended .

Reference :-    Author Bruce Pascoe has been pilloried again by Andy Bolt .  Why ? 

Ok Andy .  Sky Reply contributor , Monte  ( the motorcyclist )  reckons he has figured out why you are so annoyed with Mr Pascoe .   He has looked at the sales figures for Mr Pascoe's book,  " Dark Emu " and says that over multiple editions it has outsold your own recent tome " Worth Fighting For " by about five to one .  Monte thinks you might be jealous . 

We were in the big smoke the other day ,  running the gauntlet of the fake pandemic , and Monte decided we should check out a major bookstore or two.  It saddens me to say that we couldn't find your book anywhere , and some of the clerks laughed at us when we said we were hoping to buy a copy .  Meanwhile  Mr Pascoe's book was prominently displayed at the front counters .  Though we were lucky to secure  a copy, since they were almost sold out. 

 There is a lesson here Andy .    Gabbo ( the Aborigine ) reckons folk who frequent bookstores are not generally interested in poisonous neoliberal claptrap .  Personally I think that is a bit harsh of him , especially since we have been unable to buy a copy with which to determine it's contents . A while back , Charlie , the Kooralya newsagent , did have a few copies of your book on display next to The Courier Mail , but they didn't sell , and he said they had just turned up without him ordering them anyway , so he sent them back .  

Anyway  Andy , might I be see so bold as to request a complimentary copy of your omnibus ?   The Sky Reply has been a loyal fan through good and bad , and we would appreciate a copy for our extensive library .  The lads have been discussing where to put it .   If we file it alphabetically by author , that would put it beside  Bin Laden's book " Messages to the World "  .  But Gabbo reckons that would look a bit weird , since Osama's book was a best seller . 

Monte thinks we could file it by title  , which puts it beside  " The Witches " by Roald Dahl .   I said  " But the plot is just a dark and evil fantasy for children , and  Monte replied  " so is " The Witches "  .  Well, I guess that is where it will go .  

You might be pleased to hear that we won't be filing " Dark Emu "  in our library at all .  We are donating it to the school library , since they are using it as inspiration for a school project . 

Also Andy , could you sign your book before you post it ?   It makes things seem more personal , and maybe one day a signed copy will be worth a few quid as a novelty  .   If you could write ,

" To the team at The Sky Reply , especially Gabbo , with thanks for your support as I battled the bottle . " ,

it would be greatly appreciated . 

Your comrade , Ken