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28 / Brandon Jack.

28 / Brandon Jack.

A brutally honest memoir that completely rethinks what it means to be a man. Continually told he was born with footballing blood, Brandon Jack has spent his life uncertain of the relationship he holds with the games he's played. Now a writer and musician, he sits in his apartment and reflects upon the years spent pursuing what felt like an inevitability - the footballing life. This is a unique and darkly poetic fly-on-the-wall account of a world that is usually shown in bright lights. Filled with relentlessly driven diary entries, vivid details of life at the fringe, and memories of binge-drinking into oblivion as an escape during his playing days at the Sydney Swans, 28 is a portrayal of the sporting psyche in a way that has never been done before. But the true beauty of this book lies in the space outside football. Laid bare on these pages is a searingly honest deep dive into sport, addiction, art, sexuality, masculinity, love, family and identity.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date reserve
L050852 NF 796.336092 JACK
NonFiction   Yeppoon Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781760876777 (pbk.)
1760876771 (pbk.)
Author Jack, Brandon author.
Title 28 / Brandon Jack.
Also titled Twenty-eight
Cover title 28 : a memoir of footbal, addiction, art, masculinity and love
Published Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021.
Description xiv, 298 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary A brutally honest memoir that completely rethinks what it means to be a man. Continually told he was born with footballing blood, Brandon Jack has spent his life uncertain of the relationship he holds with the games he's played. Now a writer and musician, he sits in his apartment and reflects upon the years spent pursuing what felt like an inevitability - the footballing life. This is a unique and darkly poetic fly-on-the-wall account of a world that is usually shown in bright lights. Filled with relentlessly driven diary entries, vivid details of life at the fringe, and memories of binge-drinking into oblivion as an escape during his playing days at the Sydney Swans, 28 is a portrayal of the sporting psyche in a way that has never been done before. But the true beauty of this book lies in the space outside football. Laid bare on these pages is a searingly honest deep dive into sport, addiction, art, sexuality, masculinity, love, family and identity.
Subjects Jack, Brandon
Australian Football League
Sydney Swans (Australian football team)
Australian football players -- Biography
Authors -- Australia -- Biography
Musicians -- Australia -- Biography
Binge drinking -- Australia -- Biography
Masculinity -- Australia -- Biography
Love -- Australia -- Biography
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Australia -- Biography
Genre Autobiographies.
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