{"product_id":"2026770001084-secondhand-who-shot-george-kirkland-a-novel-about-the-nature-of-truth","title":"Who Shot George Kirkland?: A Novel about the Nature of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping and deeply philosophical companion piece to his seminal work Power Without Glory, legendary Australian author Frank Hardy returns to the murky intersections of political corruption, historical memory, and personal guilt. The narrative charts the obsessive quest of an aging author, clearly mirroring Hardy himself, who becomes consumed by a single, haunting doubt: did his past investigative writing falsely implicate an innocent man? Driven to unearth the definitive reality behind the decades-old assassination of the notorious political figure George Kirkland, the protagonist plunges into a labyrinthine underworld of Melbourne bookmakers, backroom operators, and unreliable witnesses, where every uncovered fact only fractures the reality further.\n\nWho Shot George Kirkland? stands as a masterful, metafictional exploration of the elusive anatomy of truth and the heavy psychological toll of political activism. Hardy’s prose is both urgent and unsparing, seamlessly blending elements of the classic hard-boiled detective mystery with a profound, self-reflexive critique of the social realist genre. Essential for collectors of Australian literary history, this first edition offers a sophisticated and brilliant post-modern retrospective on power, myth-making, and the agonizing vulnerability of the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826043826395,"sku":"2026770001084-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/280cb311-c26a-479b-bbd2-0eaec663d02d.png?v=1780311507","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770001084-secondhand-who-shot-george-kirkland-a-novel-about-the-nature-of-truth","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}