Too Hard Wrong Spot (Potentially Signed by the Author) by Marty Shevelove

Shouts of "Stop the Presses" are being replaced by the cry of "Put it Online, Mate" and after 25 colourful years as a newspaper reporter and editor, Gary Delaney is having a hard time adjusting to the new digital age. A share in a promising overseas stayer with Melbourne Cup aspirations could erase the memories of a disastrous Mongolian mining investment. But two gamblers recently released from prison have a large cup wager of their own and threaten to detail Delaney's dream in the most unusual and amusing Spring Carnival Melbourne has even seen.