The Defectors
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: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Published in 1969, The Defectors is an Australian novel by Mena Calthorpe that chronicles the lives of working-class characters navigating the social and political tensions of mid-twentieth-century Australia. With a sharp, realist tone, Calthorpe presents a cast of individuals who find themselves at odds with the institutions and ideologies that shape their world, whether in the workplace, the family home, or the broader community. The narrative uncovers the quiet rebellions and moral compromises of ordinary people, illustrating how personal conviction collides with social conformity. Calthorpe writes with the same unflinching empathy that distinguished her earlier work The Dyehouse, cementing her place as a significant voice in Australian social realist fiction.
Author: Mena Calthorpe
Format: Hardback
Published: 1969, Australasian Book Society
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Published in 1969, The Defectors is an Australian novel by Mena Calthorpe that chronicles the lives of working-class characters navigating the social and political tensions of mid-twentieth-century Australia. With a sharp, realist tone, Calthorpe presents a cast of individuals who find themselves at odds with the institutions and ideologies that shape their world, whether in the workplace, the family home, or the broader community. The narrative uncovers the quiet rebellions and moral compromises of ordinary people, illustrating how personal conviction collides with social conformity. Calthorpe writes with the same unflinching empathy that distinguished her earlier work The Dyehouse, cementing her place as a significant voice in Australian social realist fiction.