Bitin' back
Cleven, Vivienne, 1968-2025
Audiobooks
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.
Main title:
Bitin' back / Vivienne Cleven ; introduction by Melissa Lucashenko ; read by Sara Terry.
Author:
Cleven, Vivienne, 1968-, authorTerry, Sara (Actress), narratorLucashenko, Melissa, 1967-, author of introduction, etc
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged.
Imprint:
Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2025]℗2025
Collation:
5 audio discs (CD) (5 hr., 27 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Series title:
Performers:
Read by Sara Terry.
Restrictions on use:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.
Awards:
Courier-Mail book of the year, 2002 shortlist.South Australian Premiers' Award, 2002 shortlist.
ISBN:
9781038038333
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal Australians -- FictionIdentity (Psychology) -- FictionRace relations -- FictionSmall cities -- FictionMothers and sons -- FictionKamilaroi (Australian people) -- FictionGender nonconformity -- FictionPrejudices -- FictionRacism -- FictionAustralian fictionHumorous fictionDomestic fictionSocial problem fictionAudiobooks
BRN:
492185