One Split Second
Subtitle: The Death of David Hookes and the Trial of Zdravko Micevic (New South)
Publisher: University of Washington Press; UNSW Press
Published: August 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780868409474
Subjects: Cricket; Cultural studies; True crime; Sports & Recreation; True Crime / Espionage; Sports; Australia; General; Murder - General; Australia & New Zealand - General; Media Studies; Biography; Bouncers; Cricket players; Melbourne (Vic.); Trials (Manslaughter)
Description: Opens with the sudden death of cricket legend David Hookes, from there it surveys all that flowed from that fateful event. Explores the collision of two worlds, that of a favourite Aussie son, and its attendant fame, and that of an outsider to the system.