'Civilization is made and getting madder every day.' So says Shannon Hicks in Kylie tennant's marvellous, harsh and satiric novel. Arriving in Sydney just before World War II, Shannon, a dreamer and idealist, takes on the world of politics, business, religion... and men. the consequences are challenging and unpredictable.
Author Biography
Kylie Tennant was born in Manly, NSW, in 1912. A self-described radical always drawn to the unemployed, she immersed herself in the lives of her characters, and during the 1930s travelled the road with groups of battlers. Kylie Tennant wrote a number of fiction and non-fiction works.
