The Hexagon
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj with small tear, in mylar. Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight.
Within the deceptively quiet landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia, Hal Porter constructs The Hexagon, a masterfully crafted collection of six short stories that cut to the heart of human vanity, isolation, and the peculiar social rituals of a society still finding its cultural identity. Each of the six narratives presents a distinct cast of characters — often caught in moments of painful self-revelation — rendered with Porter's signature precision and an almost surgical eye for the absurdities lurking beneath polished surfaces. The tone is acerbic yet deeply empathetic, blending dark comedy with an unflinching realism that refuses to offer easy consolation. Porter, widely regarded as one of Australia's finest prose stylists, brings to The Hexagon the same baroque intensity and linguistic bravura that distinguished his celebrated autobiography The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony. His sentences are architectural feats — dense, ornate, and richly sensory — demanding an active, attentive reader willing to be rewarded with startling insight into the human condition. For those who have not yet encountered Porter's singular voice, this collection serves as an irresistible entry point into a literary world that is at once unmistakably Australian and universally resonant.
Author: Hal Porter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj with small tear, in mylar. Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight.
Within the deceptively quiet landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia, Hal Porter constructs The Hexagon, a masterfully crafted collection of six short stories that cut to the heart of human vanity, isolation, and the peculiar social rituals of a society still finding its cultural identity. Each of the six narratives presents a distinct cast of characters — often caught in moments of painful self-revelation — rendered with Porter's signature precision and an almost surgical eye for the absurdities lurking beneath polished surfaces. The tone is acerbic yet deeply empathetic, blending dark comedy with an unflinching realism that refuses to offer easy consolation. Porter, widely regarded as one of Australia's finest prose stylists, brings to The Hexagon the same baroque intensity and linguistic bravura that distinguished his celebrated autobiography The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony. His sentences are architectural feats — dense, ornate, and richly sensory — demanding an active, attentive reader willing to be rewarded with startling insight into the human condition. For those who have not yet encountered Porter's singular voice, this collection serves as an irresistible entry point into a literary world that is at once unmistakably Australian and universally resonant.