Pissants

(Paperback)

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Nothing like this has ever happened at a footy club. Honest.

The embittered fringe players of an unnamed Football Clubfollow rules of their own. Kidnapping a teammates dog for agag. Taking potent painkiller suppositories to get throughthe living nightmare of a sponsors event. Ticking off theirPissants bingo cards to survive the weirdness of meetings withthe club psych. Fangs, Stick, Squidman and Noodles speak ina cryptic code of inside jokes and WhatsApp exchanges,chained to each other by their place on the outskirts of the team.

Together, these characters present a jaw-dropping snapshotof life within the chaotic world of a professional sports club.The psychotic rituals. The dementing cliches. The adulation.The pressure. The broken staff. The despair. The life-savingfriendships. The flatlining sexual encounters. The towering egos.

Trainspotting gets munted with A Visit from the Goon Squadin Ted Lassos Front Bar in this brutally hilarious, unhingedand at times surprisingly moving insiders glimpse intoone anonymous footy club and what might happen behind theheadlines, off the field and out of sight.

Reviews

'Brandon Jack has talent and daring in abundance' -- Christos Tsiolkas
'Brandon Jack is a force for good' -- Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, hosts of the Shameless podcast
'Like Andre Agassi's Open, this is a transformative book; it is going to change our way of seeing' -- Malcolm Knox
A yearning heart and mind propels Brandons writing. Im hugely expectant for what is next. -- Tim Rogers

Author Bio

Brandon Jack is a singer/musician who played for the Sydney Swans for five years. He is the author of an acclaimed memoir, 28.