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A No Holds Barred Footy Club Exposé
Pissants is a wildly original fiction debut from former Sydney Swans player Brandon Jack. It plunges readers into an unnamed footy club’s fringe culture where overlooked players resort to chaotic rituals. From kidnapping a teammate’s dog to sneaking painkiller suppositories during sponsor events, it offers an unfiltered look at desperation, loyalty, humour and fractured bonds off the field.
Thick with Camaraderie and Dysregulated Rituals
The fringe group, known by nicknames like Fangs, Stick, Squidman and Shaggers, speaks in cryptic inside jokes and WhatsApp shorthand. The story pulses with their bizarre meetings, club psychologist sessions and binge bingoes. It is a snapshot of raw masculine vulnerability and the absurd lengths players go to maintain their place in the locker room.
Praise for the Riotous Debut
Helen Garner praises the novel’s fantastical crudity and wildness, noting how beneath the bravado lie deep wounds, a humble and endearing loneliness. Paul Daley calls it powerfully evocative, elegant and very daring in how it redefines the Australian footy experience. It has been described as a mix of Trainspotting, A Visit from the Goon Squad and Ted Lasso’s Front Bar spirit.
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Blurb
Blurb
Nothing like this has ever happened at a footy club. Honest.
The embittered fringe players of an unnamed football club follow rules of their own. Kidnapping a teammate’s dog for a gag. Taking potent painkiller suppositories to get through the living nightmare of a sponsors’ event. Ticking off their Pissants bingo cards to survive the weirdness of meetings with the club psych. Fangs, Stick, Squidman and Shaggers speak in a cryptic code of inside jokes and WhatsApp exchanges, chained to each other by their place on the outskirts of the team.
Together, these characters present a jaw-dropping snapshot of life within the chaotic world of a professional sports club. The psychotic rituals. The dementing cliches. The adulation. The pressure. The broken staff. The despair. The towering egos. The flatlining sexual encounters. The life-saving friendships.
Trainspotting gets munted with A Visit from the Goon Squad in Ted Lasso’s Front Bar in this brutally hilarious, unhinged and at times surprisingly moving insider’s glimpse into one anonymous footy club – and what might happen behind the headlines, off the field and out of sight.
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