Derby
Written by David Whish-Wilson and Sean Gorman
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‘The State is divided. It’s not life or death, it’s more important.’
So says a poster on Dennis Cometti’s wall – and that’s what David Whish-Wilson and Sean Gorman found when they interviewed 40 fans of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers.
The book features James Baker, Julie Bishop, Fedele Camarda, Maria Camporeale, Kevin Croon, Jesse Dart, Ron Elliott, Les Everett, Alison Fan, Glenis Freemantle, Maria Giglia, Mark Greenwood, Gaby Haddow, Julie Hoffman, Adrian Hoffman, Greig Johnston, Justin Langer, Deanne Lewis, Dennis Lillee, Lesley the Voodoo Lady, Luc Longley, Alsy Macdonald, Carla Mackesey, Ross McLean, Shaun McManus, Clive Mercer, Ian MacRae, Kia Mippy, Peter Mudie, Jeff Newman, Gillian O’Shaughnessy, Melissa Parke, Parsi, Janet Peters, John Prior, Matt Quinn aka Mr Q, Kim Scott, Glen Stasiuk, Bill Sutherland, Bevan Taylor, David Wirrpanda.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
'At last, from footy’s Wild West, a book on one of the must-sees of the Australian football calendar – the Derby!' Martin Flanagan
Properties
| ISBN |
9781925164497 (Paperback)
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| Formats |
B Format
(198 x 130mm)
(Paperback)
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| Categories |
Sport, Travel & Entertainment
Great Big Book Read Books ebooks |
| Publisher | Fremantle Press |
| Edition | 1st |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Rights | World |
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Sean Gorman
Sean Gorman has worked in the field of Indigenous history for twenty years. His honours research applied Russian formalist theory to the Murri guerilla poet Lionel Fogarty, while his PhD looked at racism in sport through the story of the Krakouer brothers. His books include Brotherboys (Allen & Unwin, 2005), which was adapted into a play that toured nationally in 2011, and Legends: The AFL Indigenous Team of the Century (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2011). Sean is the Chief Investigator on an ARC Linkage review of the AFL’s vilification laws. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University and has previously worked at Murdoch University, ECU’s Kurongkurl Katitjin and the University of Melbourne. Read more
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David Whish-Wilson
David Whish-Wilson was born in Newcastle, NSW, but grew up in Singapore, Victoria and WA. He left Australia aged eighteen to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia. He is the author of The Summons, The Coves and three crime novels in the Frank Swann series: Line of Sight, Zero at the Bone and Old Scores. His non-fiction book, Perth, part of the NewSouth Books city series, was shortlisted for a WA Premier’s Book Award. David lives in Fremantle and coordinates the creative writing program at Curtin University. Read more
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