Alan Cassell

Squizzy Taylor, the pint-sized Melbourne gangster, uses his wits and the media to gain national prestige in 1920s Australia.

The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not like their new star and friction develops immediately. Game after game is lost until Geoff begins to realize that there is more at stake than just his own career.

A dark fantasy thriller with political intrigue.