The Fine Cotton Fiasco by Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil

The Fine Cotton Fiasco by Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780143793700
Author: Peter Hoysted
Additional Authors: Pat Sheil
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Ebury Press
Place: Sydney NSW
Year: 2019
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Brisbane, 1984. It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets. What could possibly go wrong?

In The Fine Cotton Fiasco, Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil brilliantly tell the scarcely believable tale of how – through a combination of horrendous mismanagement, terrible judgement and comically lousy luck – the scheme gradually unravelled.

How did a horse with white painted socks dripping onto the turf come to hold the hopes of punters across Australia and beyond? How was a supposedly secret plan so widely advertised that even the Queensland Commissioner of Police placed a bet? And how much of a cover-up ensued in the aftermath of this absolute debacle?

The story of Fine Cotton is the stuff of Australian legend. It features hardcore crims, likeable rogues and a supporting cast ranging from the hapless to the hopeless – with some innocent bystanders thrown in for good measure.

Not every crazy scheme cooked up by a couple of inmates in Boggo Road Gaol would culminate in a story that will be told across the nation for the next hundred years. But this one did. (back cover)

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