Power Without Glory

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Angus And Robertson
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1982
Edition: Reprint

Description: 671 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. A Compelling And Forceful Story Which Has Intrigued And Outraged Australians Since Its First Release. Hardy Was Accused Of Overstepping The Fine Line Between Fiction And Depiction Of Real Australian People.

Publishers Description: Power Without Glory caused a sensation when it was released, leading to a famous court case. It is a thinly veiled description of the rise to power of real life figure John Wren (in the book John West).Some other people alluded to in the book include Tommy Bent, Sir Samuel Gillott, the gangster Squizzy Taylor and Archbishop Daniel Mannix. In the history of Australian literature few books have been so controversial than Frank Hardys Power Without Glory.This is a tale of corruption stretching from street corner SP bookmaking to the most influential men in the land - and the terrible personal cost of the power such corruption brings. John West rose from a Melbourne slum to dominate Australian politics with bribery, brutality and fear. His attractive wife and their children turned away from him in horror. Friends dropped away. At the peak of his power, surrounded by bootlickers, West faced a hate-filled nation - and the terrible loneliness of his life.Was John West a real figure For months during the post-war years, an Australian court heard evidence in a sensational libel action brought by businessman John Wrens wife. After a national uproar which rocked the very foundations of the Commonwealth, Frank Hardy was acquitted. This is the novel which provoked such intense uproar and debate across the nation. The questions it poses remain unanswered

ISBN: 0207145245