Bitin' Back: First Nations Classics
Author(s): Melissa Lucashenko, Vivienne Cleven
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 but 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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : University of Queensland Press
- : University of Queensland Press
- : 228.0
- : 31 May 2024
- : books
Special Fields
- : Paperback
- : Melissa Lucashenko, Vivienne Cleven