{"product_id":"lindsay-norman-redheap-1960-4896","title":"Redheap","description":"\u003cbr\u003eSydney: Ure Smith. 1960.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4 class=\"vrb_heading\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_desc\"\u003eFirst Australian edition, the novel having been banned there for 28 years following its first publication in England in 1930. 8vo. 196x125mm. pp. 318. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original dustjacket. Slight creasing and chipping to edges of jacket and a mark to the foot of the spine but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally very good with a little toning to the edges. This novel of small town, backwoods life in the Australian state of Victoria set in the 1890s portrays a society constrained by snobbery and tightly controlled social norms. Beneath a carapace of humour Lindsay critiques Australian society which led to the banning of the book there, not the only one of his works so treated. His interest in the erotic pagan power of the extraordinary Australian landscape led to his being dismissed as \"anti-Christian, anti-social and degenerate\". Lindsay was also a keen opponent of what Australians and New Zealanders rather brilliantly call \"wowsers\" - those strict, tiresome moral puritans who frown on such lax behaviour as drinking, smoking and gambling. He'd have been busy now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_note\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_prov\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_biblio\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"LINDSAY, Norman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193330475385,"sku":"4896","price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1484\/0910\/files\/4896_1.jpg?v=1777655412","url":"https:\/\/voewoodrarebooks.com\/products\/lindsay-norman-redheap-1960-4896","provider":"Voewood Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}