{"product_id":"backless-betty-from-bondi-paperback","title":"Backless Betty from Bondi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Slessor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1933, an Austral classic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As In \u003cem\u003eDarlinghurst Nights\u003c\/em\u003e, it is possible to see in these poems the darker side of the Depression... where the verse shines is in the enjoyment of living... It is a world of externals: clothing motor cars, yachts, aeroplanes, the tatty and the fashionable, not the world of metaphysics and unobtainable beauty... Romance in 1930 was a way out of the spiritual depressions of the Slump, a cheap escape from the cruel fiscal realities preached by Sir Otto Niemeyer, and a way of enjoying the senses free from the control of the state or the economy.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Julian Croft, from his introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.13 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161900978311,"sku":"9781922473028","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/33c3e335bdebe21483c4a545431710f3.webp?v=1733284981","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/backless-betty-from-bondi-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}