Derby: WA Footy Fans on the Game's Greatest Rivalry

Author:   David Whish-Wilson
Publisher:   Fremantle Press
ISBN:  

9781925164497


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   03 April 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Does the greatest team have the greatest fans? Read Derby and find out for yourself. '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, including David Wirrpanda, Shaun McManus, Dennis Lillee, Alison Fan, Gillian O'Shaughnessy, Julie Bishop, Melissa Parke, Jesse Dart, Ross McLean and more. Does the greatest team have the greatest fans? Read Derby and find out for yourself.

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Author:   David Whish-Wilson
Publisher:   Fremantle Press
Imprint:   Fremantle Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9781925164497


ISBN 10:   1925164497
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   03 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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David Whish-Wilson is the author of the Frank Swann series of crime novels set in 1970s and '80s Perth, and the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series. His most recent novel is Old Scores (Fremantle Press, 2016). He lives in Fremantle and coordinates the creative writing program at Curtin University. Sean Gorman has studied and worked in the Indigenous studies field for twenty-three years. He currently holds a senior fellowship at Curtin University. Gorman's work draws on social justice, social history, sports history, and local history. His book Brotherboys- The Story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer was adapted for a play and had a national tour in 2011. His most recent book Legends- The AFL Indigenous Team of the Century came out in 2011.

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