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  • Sex, Power and Sport
  • By: Anna Krien
  • Narrated by: Casey Withoos
  • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Night Games

By: Anna Krien
Narrated by: Casey Withoos
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The Pies beat the Saints, and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in black and white crepe paper when the rumour of a pack rape by celebrating footballers began to surface.... And so, as police were confiscating bedsheets from a townhouse in South Melbourne, the trial by media began.

What does a young footballer do to cut loose? At night, some play what they think of as pranks or games: night games with women. Sometimes these involve consensual sex, sometimes not, and often the lines are blurred.

In Night Games, Anna Krien follows the rape trial of an Australian Rules footballer. She also takes a balanced and fearless look at the dark side of footy culture - the world of Sam Newman, Ricky Nixon, Matty Johns and the Croa Sharks.

Both a courtroom drama and a riveting work of narrative journalism, this is a breakthrough book by one of the leading young lights of Australian writing.

©2014 Anna Krien (P)2021 W F Howes

Critic Reviews

Winner, Davitt Award for Best True Crime Book

Winner, William Hill Sports Book of the Year

Winner, New Writer of the Year Award at the Cross British Sports Book Awards

Shortlisted, Walkley Non-Fiction Book Award

Shortlisted, Adelaide Festival Award for Non-Fiction

Shortlisted, Stella Prize

Shortlisted, Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction

Shortlisted, Cross British Sports Book Award for New Writing

“A book of note which has justly been compared to Helen Garner’s The First Stone.” (The Australian

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Overuse of vulgar language

A sad tale of how far society has degenerated into vulgarity.The author, perhaps to appeal to modern sensibilities and street cred, resorted to the overuse of vulgar language when alternatives would have sufficed.

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rape happens and isn't reported far more often

Beautifully written piece of "himpathy". Any person who has been raped will be angered by this book which holds echoes of helen garner's "the first stone".

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