{"product_id":"2026600000461-secondhand-wild-cat-falling","title":"Wild Cat Falling","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of Australian literature, Wild Cat Falling chronicles the restless, directionless life of a young half-caste Aboriginal man newly released from prison in 1960s Perth, Western Australia. Written with raw, unflinching honesty, the novel presents its unnamed protagonist drifting through a world that offers him no clear identity — caught between white Australian society, which rejects him, and an Aboriginal culture from which he feels increasingly disconnected. Influenced by the Beat Generation and existentialist thought, the narrative captures a voice that is simultaneously defiant and deeply melancholic, illustrating the psychological toll of colonial dispossession on a personal, intimate scale. As the first novel published by an Aboriginal Australian author, it stands as a groundbreaking work that uncovers the systemic racism and social alienation embedded in mid-twentieth-century Australia with searing clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48763133133019,"sku":"2026600000461-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0862e658-f49e-4cb0-a49b-b09ffd658b20.png?v=1778499039","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000461-secondhand-wild-cat-falling","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}