Poorboy
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: R.F. Brissenden
Binding: Hardback
Published: Allen & Unwin, 1987
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Poor Boy is a literary novel that presents a sharp, psychologically charged portrait of alienation and emotional disintegration in contemporary Australia. Brissenden constructs a taut narrative around a young man whose internal collapse mirrors the moral and cultural fragmentation of the society around him. The book interrogates identity, sexuality, and the corrosive effects of isolation with unflinching clarity, using precise prose and a tightly wound structure to sustain its tension. It chronicles the protagonist’s descent into despair, driven by fractured relationships and a profound inability to connect with the world. Brissenden’s command of tone and pacing intensifies the novel’s bleak realism, positioning it as a significant contribution to late twentieth-century Australian fiction.
Author: R.F. Brissenden
Binding: Hardback
Published: Allen & Unwin, 1987
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Poor Boy is a literary novel that presents a sharp, psychologically charged portrait of alienation and emotional disintegration in contemporary Australia. Brissenden constructs a taut narrative around a young man whose internal collapse mirrors the moral and cultural fragmentation of the society around him. The book interrogates identity, sexuality, and the corrosive effects of isolation with unflinching clarity, using precise prose and a tightly wound structure to sustain its tension. It chronicles the protagonist’s descent into despair, driven by fractured relationships and a profound inability to connect with the world. Brissenden’s command of tone and pacing intensifies the novel’s bleak realism, positioning it as a significant contribution to late twentieth-century Australian fiction.