Bitin' Back

De: Vivienne Cleven

Narrado por: Sara Terry

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, 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 his 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 nor even a police siege can slow the countdown on this human timebomb.

©2001, 2024 Vivienne Cleven, Melissa Lucashenko (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing

Reseñas de la Crítica

'Bitin' Back is a great triumph, a success carried by the great Mavis Dooley, a true original in Australian literature.' (North Melbourne Books)