Confessions Of A New Boy
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most celebrated public intellectuals comes a memoir that is at once a personal reckoning and a sharp-eyed portrait of a nation finding its identity. Confessions of a New Boy chronicles Donald Horne's journey through the formative landscapes of Australian life — its schools, its social rituals, its unspoken hierarchies — with the candour of a man who spent a lifetime questioning the world around him. Horne dissects the institutions and attitudes that shaped mid-twentieth-century Australia with wit and precision, presenting his own experiences as a lens through which the broader contradictions of Australian society come into vivid focus. Best known for his landmark work The Lucky Country, Horne brought to all his writing a restless, satirical intelligence that refused comfortable myths, and Confessions of a New Boy is no exception. His prose is incisive yet reflective, balancing personal anecdote with cultural criticism in a way that feels both intimate and expansive. For readers drawn to memoir that carries the weight of historical and social significance, this volume stands as a compelling testament to a life lived in fierce, curious engagement with the world — and leaves one wondering just how much of Australia's character Horne left still to be confessed.
Author: Donald Horne
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Viking
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
From one of Australia's most celebrated public intellectuals comes a memoir that is at once a personal reckoning and a sharp-eyed portrait of a nation finding its identity. Confessions of a New Boy chronicles Donald Horne's journey through the formative landscapes of Australian life — its schools, its social rituals, its unspoken hierarchies — with the candour of a man who spent a lifetime questioning the world around him. Horne dissects the institutions and attitudes that shaped mid-twentieth-century Australia with wit and precision, presenting his own experiences as a lens through which the broader contradictions of Australian society come into vivid focus. Best known for his landmark work The Lucky Country, Horne brought to all his writing a restless, satirical intelligence that refused comfortable myths, and Confessions of a New Boy is no exception. His prose is incisive yet reflective, balancing personal anecdote with cultural criticism in a way that feels both intimate and expansive. For readers drawn to memoir that carries the weight of historical and social significance, this volume stands as a compelling testament to a life lived in fierce, curious engagement with the world — and leaves one wondering just how much of Australia's character Horne left still to be confessed.