• Wake In Fright
  • Author : Kenneth Cook
  • Publisher : Michael Joseph
  • Publication Date : 1961
  • Genre : Novel - Psychological thriller
  • Pages : 191
  • First Edition : Yes
  • Binding : Hardback
  • Dustwrapper : Yes
  • Comments : Hard to find first edition complete with Dust jacket
  • Summary : Wake In Fright was first published in 1961 and the film version, The Outback, starring Donald Pleasance was released in 1971. Both the book and the film have achieved a cult status as the Australian answer to US and UK novels and films of 1960s youthful alienation. It is the gruelling story of a young Australian schoolteacher on his way back from the outback to Sydney and civilization when things start to go wrong. He finds himself stuck overnight in Bundanyabba, a rough outback mining town. An ill-advised and drink-fuelled visit to a gambling den leaves Grant broke and he realizes he has no way of escaping. He descends into a cycle of hangovers, fumbling sexual encounters, and increasing self-loathing as he becomes more and more immersed in the grotesque and surreal nightmare that his life has become.
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