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The Prince

The Prince

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Special Mention, Individual Category, Centre for Australian Cultural Studies National Awards 1997In A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift suggested that Ireland's chronic famine and impoverishment could be solved by the Irish eating their superfluous children. No one would imagine eating children in festival-obsessed Hampton---the residents are too busy counting their money gleaned from the annual Festival of Killing. And if seven adult residents need to be killed by the committee-appointed Killer each year to guarantee that prosperity, so be it.Shifting effortlessly from broad farce to satire, Tim Richards introduces Machiavelli and More to a society where economic rationalists can speak of gambling-led economic recoveries, to an age when the golden rule of Do unto others as you would have them do unto you' has been replaced with 'There is no such thing as bad money'. A remarkable novel from a writer who is fast emerging as Australia's leading satirist.

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Allen & Unwin

Allen & Unwin is Australia's leading independent publisher and has been voted "Publisher of the Year" twelve times including the inaugural award in 1992 and ten times since 2000. We publish around 250 new titles each year including literary and commercial fiction, a broad range of general non fiction, academic and professional titles and books for children and young adults. Our imprints include Allen & Unwin, Arena, Crows Nest and Inspired Living (MBS).

Book information

ISBN: 9781864482850
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 168
Weight: 170g
Height: 195mm
Width: 130mm