BEL SCHENK The Most Famous Boy In Town. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
Bel Schenk’s deceptively simple novel of a teenage boy’s response to a small-town scandal has a lot to say about gender relations. The Most Famous Boy in Town is the...
Read MoreMICHAEL SEXTON Stories for Harry & Ray. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
In Stories for Harry & Ray, Michael Sexton brings together 43 of his essays on sport. The result is a small gem. Fellow Adelaide sportswriter Michael Sexton has a...
Read MoreEDDIE BETTS The Boy From Boomerang Crescent. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Footy star Eddie Betts recounts the highs and lows of his career and what it means to be a Blackfulla. There is a genre of sports writing known as the ‘Glory Book’,...
Read MoreMATTHEW NICHOLSON, BOB STEWART, GREG de MOORE and ROB HESS Australia’s Game: The History of Australian Football. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress
As a single-volume history of the growth and development of Australian football, Australia’s Game has much to recommend it. When a book consists of 784 pages and 54...
Read MoreMICHAEL WARNER The Boys’ Club: Power, politics and the AFL. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Michael Warner doesn’t hold back in this examination of the scandals that have beset the AFL over the past two decades. In professional sport teams compete not...
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