The Flesheaters
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
A darkly comic and unsettling descent into the underbelly of suburban Australian life, The Flesheaters by David Ireland presents a world where ordinary men and women are stripped of their pretensions to reveal the raw, predatory instincts lurking beneath. Set against the mundane backdrop of contemporary Australia, the novel chronicles the lives of a group of characters bound together by a shared, voracious hunger — not merely physical, but social, psychological, and existential — as they consume one another in their desperate bids for meaning and dominance. Ireland, one of Australia's most significant and challenging literary voices, crafts prose that is simultaneously brutal and lyrical, employing dark satire to dissect the hypocrisies of modern society. A three-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award, his work consistently challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about human nature and civilisation's thin veneer. The Flesheaters stands as a bold and provocative entry in the canon of Australian literature — a novel that, once read, gnaws at the conscience long after the final page is turned.
Author: David Ireland
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
A darkly comic and unsettling descent into the underbelly of suburban Australian life, The Flesheaters by David Ireland presents a world where ordinary men and women are stripped of their pretensions to reveal the raw, predatory instincts lurking beneath. Set against the mundane backdrop of contemporary Australia, the novel chronicles the lives of a group of characters bound together by a shared, voracious hunger — not merely physical, but social, psychological, and existential — as they consume one another in their desperate bids for meaning and dominance. Ireland, one of Australia's most significant and challenging literary voices, crafts prose that is simultaneously brutal and lyrical, employing dark satire to dissect the hypocrisies of modern society. A three-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award, his work consistently challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about human nature and civilisation's thin veneer. The Flesheaters stands as a bold and provocative entry in the canon of Australian literature — a novel that, once read, gnaws at the conscience long after the final page is turned.