The Cousin From Fiji
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Norman Lindsay's The Cousin from Fiji is a sparkling comic novel set in the boisterous world of suburban Sydney, where the unexpected arrival of a glamorous and free-spirited relative from the South Pacific sends shockwaves of delicious chaos through a stuffy, respectable household. Lindsay chronicles the ensuing social upheaval with razor-sharp wit, as the cousin's exotic presence upends the rigid proprieties of Australian middle-class life, forcing its inhabitants to confront their own hypocrisies, desires, and provincial limitations. A celebrated figure in Australian cultural history, Lindsay brings to this novel the same irreverent, life-affirming energy that defined his legendary career as a painter, sculptor, and writer. His prose is richly comic yet pointed, using farce and satire as instruments to dissect the absurdities of social convention in early twentieth-century Australia. Readers who cherish the sharp social comedies of Evelyn Waugh or the larrikin spirit of Australian literature will find in this novel a story that is as bracingly funny as it is quietly subversive — leaving one to wonder just how much of polite society truly survives the cousin's visit.
Author: Norman Lindsay
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Norman Lindsay's The Cousin from Fiji is a sparkling comic novel set in the boisterous world of suburban Sydney, where the unexpected arrival of a glamorous and free-spirited relative from the South Pacific sends shockwaves of delicious chaos through a stuffy, respectable household. Lindsay chronicles the ensuing social upheaval with razor-sharp wit, as the cousin's exotic presence upends the rigid proprieties of Australian middle-class life, forcing its inhabitants to confront their own hypocrisies, desires, and provincial limitations. A celebrated figure in Australian cultural history, Lindsay brings to this novel the same irreverent, life-affirming energy that defined his legendary career as a painter, sculptor, and writer. His prose is richly comic yet pointed, using farce and satire as instruments to dissect the absurdities of social convention in early twentieth-century Australia. Readers who cherish the sharp social comedies of Evelyn Waugh or the larrikin spirit of Australian literature will find in this novel a story that is as bracingly funny as it is quietly subversive — leaving one to wonder just how much of polite society truly survives the cousin's visit.