Kisses Of The Enemy (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A landmark of Australian literary fiction, Kisses of the Enemy is a sweeping, darkly satirical political novel that chronicles the rise of a sinister demagogue who manipulates his way to the highest levels of power in a near-future Australia. Rodney Hall constructs a chilling and prophetic narrative that uncovers the fragility of democracy, the seductive nature of fascism, and the ease with which a society can surrender its freedoms under the spell of charismatic authoritarianism. Written with fierce intelligence and biting wit, the novel presents a cast of morally compromised characters whose fates become entangled in a web of corruption, violence, and political theatre. Hall argues, through vivid and often unsettling prose, that the machinery of tyranny is not imported from abroad but is instead cultivated from within the heart of a complacent culture. Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, this ambitious and prescient work stands as one of the most important and daring novels in the Australian literary canon.
Author: Rodney Hall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, Faber and Faber
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A landmark of Australian literary fiction, Kisses of the Enemy is a sweeping, darkly satirical political novel that chronicles the rise of a sinister demagogue who manipulates his way to the highest levels of power in a near-future Australia. Rodney Hall constructs a chilling and prophetic narrative that uncovers the fragility of democracy, the seductive nature of fascism, and the ease with which a society can surrender its freedoms under the spell of charismatic authoritarianism. Written with fierce intelligence and biting wit, the novel presents a cast of morally compromised characters whose fates become entangled in a web of corruption, violence, and political theatre. Hall argues, through vivid and often unsettling prose, that the machinery of tyranny is not imported from abroad but is instead cultivated from within the heart of a complacent culture. Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, this ambitious and prescient work stands as one of the most important and daring novels in the Australian literary canon.