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Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of Sport

Night Games: Sex, Power and a Journey into the Dark Heart of Sport

by Anna Krien (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

This book was the winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014. 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. By morning, the head of the sexual crimes squad confirmed to journalists that they were preparing to question two players ...And so, as police were confiscating bed sheets 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, but sometimes they don't, and sometimes they fall into a grey area. In Night Games, Anna Krien follows the trial of a young footballer. Fearlessly and without prejudice, she shines a light into the darkest recesses of sports culture.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Yellow Jersey
Published: 04 Sep 2014
ISBN 10: 0224100025
ISBN 13: 9780224100021
Book Overview: *Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2014* Sex, celebrity, and power come together in a critically lauded, true-life courtroom drama centring on a rape case in the world of top-level sport.

Media Reviews
This is powerful, important writing, and Krien shows her workings throughout -- Tim Lewis Observer Haunting ... arresting... devastating. A challenging, necessary assault on misogynistic jock culture . Its arrival in Britain could hardly be more appositely timed in light of the Ched Evans case The Times Jaw-dropping ... illuminating. Krien shines a light inside the locker room and beyond. Sport Magazine It is a challenging, sometimes jarring but necessary assault on misogynistic jock culture -- Matt Dickinson The Times Extraordinary and necessary... Though it's an Australian story, it's relevant to all countries with testosterone-fuelled professional team sports that apparently encourage a sense of sexual entitlement -- Chris Maume Independent
Author Bio
Born in Australia in 1979, Anna Krien is an investigative reporter and prizewinning author of Into the Woods and Night Games, She is only the second woman to have won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, which she won for Night Games, which also won the British Sports Book Awards New Writer of the Year Award in 2015.