The Best Picture
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.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A sharp and provocative work of literary fiction, The Best Picture presents a layered portrait of artistic ambition, political disillusionment, and personal reckoning in 1980s Australia. Barry Hill constructs a taut narrative around a filmmaker whose pursuit of cinematic truth collides with the compromises of commercial success and the moral ambiguities of his past. The novel interrogates the intersection of art and ideology, illustrating how personal histories and national myths entwine in the act of storytelling. Hill’s prose cuts with precision, drawing out the tensions between memory, image, and identity. This is a novel that challenges the reader to confront the cost of representation and the fragile line between vision and vanity.
Author: Barry Hill
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, McPhee Gribble Publishers
Genre: Photography
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A sharp and provocative work of literary fiction, The Best Picture presents a layered portrait of artistic ambition, political disillusionment, and personal reckoning in 1980s Australia. Barry Hill constructs a taut narrative around a filmmaker whose pursuit of cinematic truth collides with the compromises of commercial success and the moral ambiguities of his past. The novel interrogates the intersection of art and ideology, illustrating how personal histories and national myths entwine in the act of storytelling. Hill’s prose cuts with precision, drawing out the tensions between memory, image, and identity. This is a novel that challenges the reader to confront the cost of representation and the fragile line between vision and vanity.