The Four-Legged Lottery
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Australia's most beloved larrikin author, Frank Hardy, turns his razor-sharp wit and social conscience to the world of horse racing in The Four-Legged Lottery — a riotous and incisive portrait of the punters, swindlers, and dreamers who inhabit the margins of the turf. Hardy chronicles the lives of working-class Australians seduced by the promise of the big win, weaving together a tapestry of colourful characters whose hopes and schemes collide in the chaotic theatre of the racetrack. With the same unflinching eye that made Power Without Glory a landmark of Australian literature, Hardy presents the racetrack not merely as a sporting venue but as a microcosm of Australian society — a place where class, luck, and cunning intersect with dark comic results. His prose is lean, vernacular, and alive with the rhythms of Australian speech, drawing readers into a world that is at once farcical and deeply human. Whether the horses are rigged, the odds are stacked, or the punter is simply a fool for hope, Hardy leaves the reader wondering: in the great lottery of life, is anyone ever truly winning?
Author: Frank Hardy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Rigby
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Australia's most beloved larrikin author, Frank Hardy, turns his razor-sharp wit and social conscience to the world of horse racing in The Four-Legged Lottery — a riotous and incisive portrait of the punters, swindlers, and dreamers who inhabit the margins of the turf. Hardy chronicles the lives of working-class Australians seduced by the promise of the big win, weaving together a tapestry of colourful characters whose hopes and schemes collide in the chaotic theatre of the racetrack. With the same unflinching eye that made Power Without Glory a landmark of Australian literature, Hardy presents the racetrack not merely as a sporting venue but as a microcosm of Australian society — a place where class, luck, and cunning intersect with dark comic results. His prose is lean, vernacular, and alive with the rhythms of Australian speech, drawing readers into a world that is at once farcical and deeply human. Whether the horses are rigged, the odds are stacked, or the punter is simply a fool for hope, Hardy leaves the reader wondering: in the great lottery of life, is anyone ever truly winning?