Category Archives: Novels

A sequel, companion, and mirror, to Memoirs of an Old Bastard. In this novel Perdita (the name, of course, of the lost daughter in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale) searches for her lost father, a mysterious and wealthy figure who elusively … Continue reading →

Again a picaresque novel this time featuring a charismatic psychopath, M.T. Riley, who turns homicide into an art form while using his expertise as an international expert on (fine) art itself as a cover. Not a novel for the faint-hearted, … Continue reading →

Hibberd’s first novel is a peripatetic and picaresque work in which the ‘Old Bastard’ conducts an extensive search around Melbourne and Victoria for his lost daughter. A highly enigmatic erudite and broad-minded gentleman, the novel bristles with unco characters, literary … Continue reading →