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Bitin' Back

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Bitin' Back

Contributors:

By (Author) Vivienne Cleven

ISBN:

9780702232497

Publisher:

University of Queensland Press

Imprint:

University of Queensland Press

Publication Date:

1st October 2001

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

A823.4

Prizes:

Short-listed for Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award 2002

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

200

Dimensions:

Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

182g

Description

When the Blackouts' star player Nevil Dooley wakes one morning to don a frock and 'eyeshada', his mother's idle days at the bingo hall are gone forever. Mystified and clueless, single parent Mavis takes to bush-cunning and fast footwork to unravel the mystery behind this sudden change of face. Funny and cleverly covert, too, this is a truthful rendering of small town prejudice and racist attitudes. Hilarity prevails while desperation builds in the race to save Nevil from the savage consequences of discovery in a town where a career in footy is a young black man's only escape. Neither pig shoots, bust-ups at the Two Dogs, bare-knuckle sessions in the shed or even a police siege can slow the countdown on this human time bomb.

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