Who Shot George Kirkland?: A Novel About The Nature Of Truth
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A gripping work of Australian literary fiction, Who Shot George Kirkland? presents a provocative meditation on the slippery, contested nature of truth through the lens of a murder mystery. Frank Hardy — renowned for his politically charged realism — constructs a narrative in which the investigation into a shooting becomes a vehicle for interrogating how facts are shaped, distorted, and weaponized by those with power and those without it. The novel illustrates how competing accounts of a single event can each carry their own internal logic, forcing the reader to confront the uncomfortable idea that objective truth may be less fixed than we assume. Hardy's tone is sharp and sardonic, drawing on his lifelong commitment to social justice and his deep suspicion of authority. The result is a thought-provoking work that sits at the intersection of crime fiction and philosophical inquiry, challenging readers to question not just who pulled the trigger, but who gets to decide what really happened.
Author: Frank Hardy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Edward Arnold (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A gripping work of Australian literary fiction, Who Shot George Kirkland? presents a provocative meditation on the slippery, contested nature of truth through the lens of a murder mystery. Frank Hardy — renowned for his politically charged realism — constructs a narrative in which the investigation into a shooting becomes a vehicle for interrogating how facts are shaped, distorted, and weaponized by those with power and those without it. The novel illustrates how competing accounts of a single event can each carry their own internal logic, forcing the reader to confront the uncomfortable idea that objective truth may be less fixed than we assume. Hardy's tone is sharp and sardonic, drawing on his lifelong commitment to social justice and his deep suspicion of authority. The result is a thought-provoking work that sits at the intersection of crime fiction and philosophical inquiry, challenging readers to question not just who pulled the trigger, but who gets to decide what really happened.