Set in the near future, this novel describes Australia declaring independence from the values of the old British Empire and embracing a new American colonialism. President Bernard Buchanan, despite his virtuous wife and a benevolent mentor, leads his country gradually into decline. Rodney Hall aims to warn readers of the sorts of seductions and dissatisfactions of power. He is also the author of "Captivity Captive".
- ISBN10 0571150926
- ISBN13 9780571150922
- Publish Date January 1990 (first published 1 December 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 February 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 624
- Language English