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- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia (31 Mar 1988)
- ISBN-10: 0140108831
- ISBN-13: 978-0140108835
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,128,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Very interesting, but too long.
23 Feb 1998
Format:Paperback
Rampant postmodernism, yet highly unusual, inspiring and deeply intelligent. Murray Bail is weird! He must be! He has taken Australian cultural theory and run away with it. His irreverence towards the whole herd of Australian sacred cows is hilarious and yet written from a well informed historical standpoint. Through humour, he deconstructs the Menzies era and indeed the whole Americanisation of the country from the second World War into the sixtees. Bail also sees the effect that town planning has on its citizens. His description of Canberra is highly informative, downright cynical and yet a real scream. He sees through the sterility of the concentric circles and dead ends of Canberra and associates this strongly with the political mentality of our leaders, who of course, lead us around in circles and up blind alleys! I would recommend this novel to anyone interested in cultural theory, or indeed, anyone interested in an unusually honest and very funny deconstruction of the Menzies era. My only reservation is that the novel is perhaps a little lengthy, given the subject material. Nevertheless, it is well worth a read. John Magee
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