{"product_id":"2026200010458-secondhand-the-four-legged-lottery","title":"The Four-Legged Lottery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia'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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130680516827,"sku":"2026200010458-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/53569d1a-15f5-47bb-8f14-f159fc345ed4.png?v=1786588451","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010458-secondhand-the-four-legged-lottery","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}