The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
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- Paperback
452 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2013
Summary
Puroil was a sprawling refinery at Clearwater, a complex of seemingly separate companies, departments, and over two hundred and fifty prisoners. At its helm was the Manager, a “bum-boy” for Head Office, which itself was a junior partner to the mighty British-European Puroil, owned by anonymous shareholders.
On the shores of Botany Bay lies an oil refinery where workers are free to come and go—but they are also part of an unrelenting, alienating economy from which there is no escape. I…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922147066 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922147060 |
| Author: | David Ireland |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 452 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘When I think of my favourite Australian novels, two 1970s works by David Ireland are near the top of the list: The Unknown Industrial Prisoner and The Glass Canoe .’
‘David Ireland offers a fiercely brilliant comic portrait of Australia in the grip of a dehumanising labour system.This almost prophetic book has been written to recognise these unknown industrial prisoners.’ * M/C Reviews *
When I think of my favourite Australian novels, two 1970s works by David Ireland are near the top of the list: <i>The Unknown Industrial Prisoner</i> and <i>The Glass Canoe</i>.’ * Stephen Romei *<br />There had been nothing like it in Australian literature before, and the only thing like it since was Ireland’s second great proletarian fiction, The Glass Canoe (1976).’ * Peter Pierce *
David Ireland
David Ireland once faced severe health challenges as a child, suffering from lethal asthma attacks and rendered speechless due to a doctor’s negligence. He endured bullying at school, and educators predicted a future of failure. However, these predictions proved incorrect. Today, David’s “Wildlife Man” films reach millions globally, fulfilling his ambition to raise awareness about the struggles of wild animals in the contemporary world. His documentary “Crocodile Man” achieved international acclaim in the early 1990s.
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