Brotherboys
The story of Jim and Phillip Krakouer
$35.10
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2005
Summary
Jimmy Krakouer was released from jail in August 2004, having served nine years of a sixteen year sentence for trafficking amphetamines in Western Australia’s biggest ever drug bust. Twenty years earlier, Jim and his brother Phil enjoyed fans, fame and fortune in the heady days of the burgeoning AFL competition. So what went wrong?
The Krakouer brothers exploded onto the football scene in Perth in the early 80s and were quickly lured by big money to play for North Melbourne. People sti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741145953 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1741145953 |
| Author: | Sean Gorman |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 376g |
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Sean Gorman
Sean Gorman, a former wool-classer, once worked in the same shearing sheds as Eric Krakouer, Jimmy and Phil’s father. Now a research scholar in the Indigenous Studies department at Perth’s Edith Cowan University, Gorman visited Jimmy Krakouer in jail and interviewed many of the brothers’ contemporaries while researching a PhD thesis on racism in Australian sport. He knows their territory inside out and watched their football success locally and nationally with great interest as a boy. This is Sean’s first book, and he tells a great story.
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