Wake In Fright (Paperback)

Kenneth Cook

ISBN 10: 1921922168 / ISBN 13: 9781921922169

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012

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Paperback. The controller stood back.Right, he said. Spin em!The man flipped the piece of wood and the coins spun up into the air above his head and dropped down on to the carpet.There was silence.Wake in Fright tells the tale of John Grants journey into an alcoholic, sexual and spiritual nightmare. It is the original and the greatest outback horror story. Bundanyabba and its citizens will forever haunt its readers.This edition also includes an Afterword by film critic, David Stratton.Wake in Fright was made into a film in 1971, arguably the greatest film ever made in Australia. It starred Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, and Jack Thompson in his first screen role. Lost for many years, the restored film was re-released to acclaim in 2009. Wake in Fright is the original and greatest outback horror story. Bundanyabba and its citizens will forever haunt its readers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wake In Fright (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921922168
• ISBN 13: 9781921922169
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"A true dark classic of Australian literature."— J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize

Wake in Fright is the original and greatest outback horror story. It tells the tale of John Grant's journey into an alcoholic, sexual, and spiritual nightmare. Outback town Bundanyabba and its citizens will forever haunt you.

About the Author

Kenneth Cook was born in Sydney. Wake in Fright, which drew on his time as a journalist in Broken Hill, was first published in 1961 when Cook was thirty-two. It was published in England and America, translated into several languages, and a prescribed text in schools. Cook wrote twenty-one books in a variety of genres, and was well known in film circles as a scriptwriter and independent film-maker. He died in 1987 at the age of fifty-seven.

Peter Temple has worked extensively as a journalist and editor for newspapers and magazines in several countries. He has won five Ned Kelly Awards for his novels, and won the world&;s most prestigious crimewriting prize, the Duncan Lawrie Dagger. In 2010 he was awarded Australia&;s greatest writing prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His books are published in more than twenty countries.

David Stratton is co-presenter of At the Movies on ABC television and film critic for the Australian. He has also served as a President of the International Critics Jury for the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, written three books and is currently lecturing in Film History at the University of Sydney.