{"product_id":"2026100009404-secondhand-the-year-of-living-dangerously-signed","title":"The Year Of Living Dangerously (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: DJ: unclipped; faded spine, no tears. Pages: light foxing on book block. Binding remains tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the volatile backdrop of Indonesia in 1965, on the eve of the coup that would topple President Sukarno, The Year of Living Dangerously chronicles the dangerous entanglement of Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian journalist, and his enigmatic dwarf photographer, Billy Kwan, as they navigate a society on the brink of catastrophic upheaval. Koch presents a world of moral ambiguity, political intrigue, and desperate human connection, where the personal and the political collide with devastating consequences, and where the line between observer and participant dissolves under the heat of revolution.\n\nC.J. Koch constructs his narrative with the precision of a master storyteller, weaving Javanese shadow-puppet mythology — the *wayang* — into the very fabric of the plot, using it as a lens through which fate, illusion, and reality are examined with haunting clarity. The novel stands as one of Australia's most significant works of literary fiction, celebrated for its rich atmospheric tension, its morally complex characters, and its unflinching portrait of a nation in crisis. Koch's prose is both lyrical and urgent, leaving the reader to wonder: when the world around you is burning, can any man truly remain a bystander?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203104514267,"sku":"2026100009404-SECONDHAND","price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/692687cc-151b-4eca-a330-56b07fd8824e.png?v=1788143796","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009404-secondhand-the-year-of-living-dangerously-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}