Melbourne local suburban solicitor turned author Alan Dudley Alpass visited Melbourne Eastern Regional Library, the Mooroolbark Library, on Tuesday 22^nd March 2022 to deliver an author’s talk regarding his new publication Grass Roots.

Grass Roots is a personalized and personified autobiography of his professional life as a solicitor in Melbourne. It entails some hilarious and astonishingly harrowing cases that he encountered during his work of law. Alan has included case studies, starting from fiery fights of whores, to sinister cases of hidden bullion and detection of corpses. His enthralling and captivating style of narration makes this book a page-turner. Alan has told some intriguing and intimate real-life cases with simplicity and hue. A must-read, not to be missed, especially for people directly or indirectly related to the unpredictable field of law.

Alan Dudley Alpass acquired his law education from Monash University during the 60s and the 70s. Afterwards, he started working as a lawyer fifty years ago when the anti-Vietnam protest was at its height. He has an intriguing writing style that captures the attention of a reader and keeps the suspense alive; till the end of a book. This book has some funny and other astounding cases revealed. Alan is passionate about possession of classic cars, travel, and gardening in his spare hours.