{"product_id":"backless-betty-from-bondi-kenneth-slessor-9781922473028","title":"Backless Betty from Bondi","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Slessor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922473022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922473028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ETT Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.13d","brand":"Kenneth Slessor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44127143493887,"sku":"9781922473028","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c4332db-6f05-4412-8b0b-3ce1f55980eb.jpg?v=1687452066","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backless-betty-from-bondi-kenneth-slessor-9781922473028","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}