{"product_id":"bitin-back","title":"Bitin' Back","description":"Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Melissa Lucashenko, \u003ci\u003eBitin' Back\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking comic novel that nimbly blends the realities of small town prejudice and racial intolerance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny and cleverly covert, too, 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.","brand":"Melissa Lucashenko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515808219197,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780702268519.jpg?v=1787489429","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/bitin-back","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}