Take Necessary Action. PNG Highlands Fiction.
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: Chris & Louise Harkness
Binding: Hardback
Published: Australia, Robert Brown & Associates, 1992
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Chris and Louise Harkness present a taut work of political fiction set in the volatile highlands of Papua New Guinea, where tribal loyalties, foreign interests, and national governance collide. The novel follows a government officer navigating escalating tensions between indigenous communities and external forces seeking to exploit the region’s resources. As violence threatens to erupt, the narrative illustrates the fragile balance between tradition and imposed authority, and the personal cost of intervention. The authors construct a vivid portrait of cultural complexity and bureaucratic inertia, underscoring the moral ambiguity of state power in post-colonial contexts.
Author: Chris & Louise Harkness
Binding: Hardback
Published: Australia, Robert Brown & Associates, 1992
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Chris and Louise Harkness present a taut work of political fiction set in the volatile highlands of Papua New Guinea, where tribal loyalties, foreign interests, and national governance collide. The novel follows a government officer navigating escalating tensions between indigenous communities and external forces seeking to exploit the region’s resources. As violence threatens to erupt, the narrative illustrates the fragile balance between tradition and imposed authority, and the personal cost of intervention. The authors construct a vivid portrait of cultural complexity and bureaucratic inertia, underscoring the moral ambiguity of state power in post-colonial contexts.