Boys of Summer is set in the 1950s when American film stars and teenage rock�n�roll idols were beginning to influence Australian culture. It is a coming-of-age account of Tom Krupas childhood in Sydney's outer western suburbs with his Polish migrant parents. His is a world of backyard adventures, radio serials and comic-book heroes. Tom is the eye-witness to two seminal incidents, the implications of which reverberate through the novel. Neither is quite as it appears and Tom is confronted with terrors that wait beyond the community and others. that lurk within. Author InformationPeter Skrzynecki was born in Germany in 1945 and came to Australia in 1949. He is the author of 16 books, best known for his bestselling book of poetry Immigrant Chronicle, which has been on the NSW High School English Syllabus for 13 years. His memoir The Sparrow Garden was shortlisted for the National Biography Award. He has been shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award three times. In 2004 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his contribution to multicultural literature. Peter Skrzynecki is an adjunct associate professor in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney.
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