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The australian heart of darkness
Australian classic

Wake in Fright (Film Ink)
Kenneth Cook
Manufacturer: Prion
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 185375482X

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First published in 1961, this grueling, hallucinatory tale was adapted for the screen in 1971 as The Outback, starring Donald Pleasance.

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The australian heart of darkness.......2005-03-16

ive always been fascinated by this story ,the economy of language used
is very dry ,very australian. If there is a more australian book ive yet to find it .Something that has always interested me , when the books main
character Grant? keeps getting horribly pissed and waking up to
extraordaniary hangovers, on the second morning he complains of
some terrible thing that has happened to him during his sleep apart
from the obvious hangover, is it being suggested that the character played
(very well) by donald plesanse? has molested grant somehow during his
sleep? Does anybody else see this, it seems something very disturbing
happened and ive always wondered?

Australian classic.......2003-03-08

Something like a transposition of Flann O'Brien's 'The Third Policeman' to rural Australia, Kenneth Cook's brilliantly agonizing novel is a study of young male paralysis and redemption. Few novels capture the sheer horror of outback isolation and the madness it inspires, but Cook manages it beautifully. The 'two-up' scene will be with you forever. This is a forgotten classic of Australian literature, mainly because it has been out of print for many years. Thanks to Text Publishing in Melbourne for resurrecting it - Text is one of the few publishing houses that seems to be taking an intelligent interest in Australian literature these days.

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Wake in Fright
Kenneth Cook
Manufacturer: Angus & Robertson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OEDB1M

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Wake In Fright
Kenneth Cook
Manufacturer: Angus & Robertson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QRV8N0

Great Australian Writers: I Can Jump Puddles; Wake In Fright; The Fringe Dwellers; The Breaker

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Great Australian Writers: I Can Jump Puddles; Wake In Fright; The Fringe Dwellers; The Breaker
Kenneth Cook, Nene Gare, Kit Denton Alan Marshall
Manufacturer: William Heinemann
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0706432517

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Wake in Fright
Kenneth Cook
Manufacturer: Penguin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MGOT2C

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