{"product_id":"2026100009472-secondhand-beachmasters","title":"Beachmasters","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st us ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: price clipped dj. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the lush yet volatile backdrop of a fictional South Pacific island, Beachmasters chronicles a doomed rebellion by a group of islanders and half-castes seeking independence from their colonial rulers — a desperate, chaotic uprising that lays bare the fault lines of race, power, and identity in a post-colonial world. With sharp, unsentimental precision, Thea Astley dissects the collision between indigenous culture and entrenched colonial authority, placing at the centre of the storm a cast of vivid, morally complex characters swept up in events far larger than themselves.\n\nAstley writes with a poet's ear and a satirist's eye, her prose dense with irony and dark wit — qualities that earned her a towering reputation as one of Australia's most formidable literary voices. Beachmasters stands as a piercing meditation on the illusions of freedom, the violence of history, and the tragic absurdity of men who mistake a gesture for a revolution. Readers who believe they understand who the true masters of this beach are may find the answer far more uncomfortable than they anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203180470491,"sku":"2026100009472-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1159a0e7-3164-4480-9bce-277544e71130.png?v=1788145005","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009472-secondhand-beachmasters","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}