Synopsis
While the book is not written in a linear fashion the order of houses (and house mates) John lives in is as follows:
1st Place - The Boulevade
- Tom lived in the garage
- Mel lived upstairs. Her boyfriend Warren moved in some time later. When they moved out, replaced by
- Andy the Med Student (Dr Death) moved in
Tom moved out and is replaced by
- Derek the Bank Clerk
2nd Place
- Tom and John got a new place
- Derek the Bank Clerk (lived in a tent). Replaced by
- Martin the Paranoid Wargamer. Lasted three weeks and was replaced by
- Taylor the Taxi Driver
3rd Place - King Street
- PJ
- Milo
- PJ moved out, replaced by
- The 7 ft Nurse, replaced by
- Ray, replaced by
- Malcolm and his Charlie Brown bowls, replaced by
- Victor the Rasta, replaced by
- McGann the American in his mid 40’s with a fondness for prostitutes, replaced by
- Taylor the Taxi Driver.
Taylor at the time was having personal issues. He ambushed his fellow housemates with a toy gun after hiding for an hour. He told them if it was a real gun they would all be dead. John saw this as good reason to move out
4th Place - Duke Street (Brisbane)
- Thunderbird Ron
- Macgyver the Mushroom Farmer
- Neal the Albino Moontanner
- Howie (Neal’s friend)
- Satomi Tiger (via Tim the invisible flatmate)
- Brainthrust Leonard
- Jabba the Hutt
- Mick the English Backpacker
- Colin and Stepan
John moves out for reasons not made clear
5th Place - Melbourne
- Stacey the Who Weekly fan
John moves out when her loud sex sessions became too much to bear
6th Place - Fitzroy
- Brain the Electrician
- Greg the Gay School Teacher
- AJ
- Satvia who starts going out with John
- Nigel moves into the house and moves in with Satvia
As a result of the fallout from this new relationship Greg moves out and John follows suit
7th Place - Carlton
- Ernie
- Martin the Canadian Phd
- Dave the Smoker moves in with his washerwoman girlfriend
- Four other Daves move in
After trying to freeze out the Daves from the house by cutting off the gas and electricity John gives in and moves to a loft in Fitzroy
8th Place - Fitzroy
- Wendell the Londoner
After Wendell’s threats to kill him, John moves out and sleeps round friends
9th Place - Auchenflower in Brisbane
- Wayne the Santanic Vet
- Danny (the Decoy)
- Margot
10th Place – Brisbane Goth House (not clear how this move came about)
- Kevin the Carpenter
- The New Slovenian Art printer
- Bald Goth who lived in the back
- Luke the Musician
All the goths run away after the bailiff came round to collect unpaid rent. John keeps the house on and in move
- Dirk
- Em the Banker (however at the start of the book it is stated that Emma moves in when Nina moves out)
- Crazy Nina
Nina move out to live with her friend Tanya
- Tanya then moves in after Nina sleeps with her boyfriend
The whole house up sticks and moves
11th Place
- Dirk
- Em the Banker
- Tanya (possibly)
- New Girl moves in to replace Nina but leaves because she is "diagnosed as schizo"
- Taylor the Taxi Driver moves in
The book then segues to
12th Place - Band house in Darlinghurst, Sydney
- Hooper
- Tammy
- Jeremy moves in to escape his former psychotic housemate
- Keith the drummer moves in downstairs
13th Place - Kippax street
- Gina
- Harry the Doctor, replaced by
- Kim the Vet, replaced by
- Melissa the Junkie (aka Rowan Corcoran), replaced by
- Duffy the Computer Programmer, replaced by
- The Dutch Guy who lasted 2 weeks, replaced by
- Giovanna who lasted less than a week, replaced by
- Mosman who no one ever saw, replaced by
- Jimbo who moved in with one of the girls leaving his room free for
- Veronica the Proto Hippy who was replaced by
- Jonathan, replaced by
- Downstairs Ivan
- Uptight Martin moved in at the same time
Downstairs Ivan and Uptight Martin move out within 3 days of each other and are replaced by
- Paul the Quiet Journalist and
- Homer the Air Traffic Controller
- Yoko San moved in and last three weeks, replaced by
- Jeffrey the junkie
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