Power Without Glory
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Billed as the book that tore Australia apart, Frank Hardy's monumental Power Without Glory is a searing fictional chronicle of John West, a ruthless working-class man who claws his way from the grimy back lanes of Melbourne's Fitzroy to the commanding heights of Australian political and business life — leaving a trail of corruption, betrayal, and broken lives in his wake. Hardy constructs an epic saga spanning decades, mapping with unflinching precision the mechanics of power: how it is seized, consolidated, and ultimately corrupted by those who pursue it without conscience or scruple. Drawing heavily on the real history of Australian political boss John Wren, Power Without Glory caused a national sensation upon its self-published release in 1950, landing Hardy in court on a criminal libel charge that gripped the country. His prose is muscular and unrelenting, the narrative vast yet intimate, peopled with characters who breathe with the authenticity of lived experience. More than seven decades on, this landmark work of Australian literature remains a devastating indictment of greed and political patronage — and a reminder that the machinery of power operates best when no one dares to look too closely.
Author: Frank Hardy
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Billed as the book that tore Australia apart, Frank Hardy's monumental Power Without Glory is a searing fictional chronicle of John West, a ruthless working-class man who claws his way from the grimy back lanes of Melbourne's Fitzroy to the commanding heights of Australian political and business life — leaving a trail of corruption, betrayal, and broken lives in his wake. Hardy constructs an epic saga spanning decades, mapping with unflinching precision the mechanics of power: how it is seized, consolidated, and ultimately corrupted by those who pursue it without conscience or scruple. Drawing heavily on the real history of Australian political boss John Wren, Power Without Glory caused a national sensation upon its self-published release in 1950, landing Hardy in court on a criminal libel charge that gripped the country. His prose is muscular and unrelenting, the narrative vast yet intimate, peopled with characters who breathe with the authenticity of lived experience. More than seven decades on, this landmark work of Australian literature remains a devastating indictment of greed and political patronage — and a reminder that the machinery of power operates best when no one dares to look too closely.