$28.75
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2019
Summary
Brisbane, 1984. It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one, and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets. What could possibly go wrong?
In The Fine Cotton Fiasco, Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil brilliantly tell the scarcely believable tale of how - through a combination of horrendous mismanagement, terrible judgement and comically bad luck - the scheme gradually unravelled.
How did a horse with white painted socks dripping o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143793700 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143793705 |
| Author: | Peter Hoysted, Pat Sheil |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Ebury Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 233mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Peter Hoysted
Peter Hoysted (Author)
Peter is a columnist at The Australian where he writes under a nom de plume, Jack The Insider, on politics, sport, true crime and whatever else takes his fancy. He wrote and produced Tough Nuts- Australia’s Hardest Criminals for Foxtel Productions in 2010; a two-series, 16-episode examination of Australia’s most notorious gangland figures. Tough Nuts has since been retitled Australian Crime Series and currently screens on the Nine Network.
Pat Sheil (Author)
Pat is a Sydney writer and journalist. Since first being published in student magazines in the late ‘70s, and the music magazines RAM and The Edge from 1980, he has written for, and edited, many and various publications, written for radio and stage, and authored or co-authored several books. He was also a founding member of the notorious shock/rock band Jimmy and The Boys, with Ignatius Jones.
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