{"title":"Anson Cameron","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the evocative storytelling of Anson Cameron, whose works often blend personal reflection with broader cultural insights. His writing invites readers into intimate moments and vivid recollections, offering a unique perspective on life’s complexities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, Cameron’s books, such as \u003cstrong\u003eBoyhoodlum\u003c\/strong\u003e, delve into the nuances of memory and identity, capturing the essence of human experience with both humour and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"neil-balme-by-anson-cameron-9781761042102","title":"Neil Balme","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited memoir of one of AFL's hardest players and most respected coaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou've got to have that madness in your mind to win, win, win. You've got to have that somewhere, but it can't consume you.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe singular story of football's hardest man and sharpest mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis story begins in infamy. Everyone's first glimpse of the man is of ferocious blows struck in grand finals, his name splashed in headlines across the back pages of the tabloids. It's the 1970s, it's Richmond—kill or be killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere was a time when almost every football watcher who heard Neil Balme's name would react with disapproval. \u003cem\u003eMy God, what a bruiser . . . A dangerous fellow . . .\u003c\/em\u003e And those who knew him would quickly deny these accusations. \u003cem\u003eHe's not a brute, you know, he's a thinker . . . A mild-mannered bloke, easygoing.\u003c\/em\u003e The great paradox of Balme is the violence and the pacifism, the mayhem and the calm, the rough justice and the gentleness. He's a cold-blooded thug; he's a soft-hearted healer; he's a villain and a hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBalme is unique in having spent longer than anyone else in clubland. Richmond, Norwood, Melbourne, Collingwood, Geelong and Richmond again—over fifty years. He's seen and created limitless change in those decades. So how did Neil Balme go from being the infamous on-field enforcer of the 1970s to the avuncular guru the football world knows and loves today?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter eleven premierships, an aura surrounds the man. Get Balme to your club and success will follow. What has he to tell us of football, of the high times and the low, of the champs and the egos? Of Royce and GR, of Diamond Joe, of Eddie and Mick, of Bomber, of Dimma? And of life and the human heart?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBalme's tale is, unsurprisingly, a mix of hard truth and unerring compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375318028524,"sku":"9781761042102","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27807963482814.jpg?v=1744827048"},{"product_id":"boyhoodlum-by-anson-cameron-9780857985002","title":"Boyhoodlum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou know those childhood memoirs that tell of the innocence of youth, of a gentle past when boys and girls were adorable and agreeable, respectful of their elders, and spoke only when spoken to? This isn’t one of those.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoyhoodlum\u003c\/em\u003e is the hilarious confession of an ingeniously devious and destructive boy. In the late 1960s and early 70s, Anson Cameron waged guerrilla war on his hometown in country Victoria. When he wasn’t blowing his family TV to smithereens, he was electrocuting a friend’s mother; when he wasn’t raining expletives on a genial deaf neighbour, he was raining missiles on classical music fans. And in his leisure hours, he found time to join a Wee Club, stockpiling an ocean of urine for future use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnowing he was destined for greatness, young Anson saw no reason to keep his self-importance to Napoleonic levels. At high school, a posse of hirsute male teachers attempted to put the errant lad in his place. 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