Monkeys in the Dark

D'Alpuget, Blanche

ISBN 10: 0867480017 / ISBN 13: 9780867480016

Published by Bodley Head Children's Books, 1980

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0867480017 Hardcover, First Edition with dw with slight tear to front top and chip to side; small stain on title page overall good clean copy. 0.0.

Seller Inventory # SKUAL001T

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monkeys in the Dark
• Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0867480017
• ISBN 13: 9780867480016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

175 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The Sexual Tensions And Personal Betrayals Of This Richly Perceptive Novel Mirror Wider Betrayals In The Two Different Societies Until The Role Of 'monkeys In The Dark' Is Grimly Reversed.

Synopsis

ALEXANDRA WHEATFIELD, A YOUNG JOURNALIST, HAS COME TO WORK IN THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSYIN DJAKARTA AT A TIME OF CHAOTIC CHANGE; THE COUP OF 1965 HAS BEEN CRUSHED BUT THE NEW ORDER OF THE INDONESIA ARMY HAS NOT YET OVERTHROWNTHE REVERED PRESIDENT SUKARNO. HE HASWARNED THAT WITHOUT HIM THE PEOPLE ARE 'MONKEYS IN THE DARK'. AS A PRIVILEGED GROUP THE AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATS VIEW THISSCENE WITH BENIGN CONTEMPT. THE PROBLEM OF RANK GREAVES OF SECURITYAND HIS PROTEGE, ANTHONY SINCLAIR, IS TO FIND THE NEW SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND POWER IN THE CUMBLING AND CORRUPT CITY. BUT FOR ALEX THE CITY MIRROS HER AFFAIR WITH MARULI HUTABARAT, POET AND PARTY ACTIVIST. ITS COLOURS, FRUITS, SMILES AND CRUELITIES COUNTERPOINT THE SENSUALITY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.HER LOVE IS NO PROTECTION AGAINST THE DEMANDS OF THETWO CONFLICTING SOCIETIES - SHE IS USED AND BETRAYED, FIRST BY HER LOVER, THEN BY BRUTAL DEMANDS OF 'SECURITY'. THE SEXUAL TENSIONS AND PERSONAL BETRAYALS OF THIS RICHLY PERCEPTIVE NOVEL MIRROR WIDERBETRAYALS IN THE TWO DIFFERENT SOCIETIES UNTIL THE ROLE OF 'MONKEYS IN THE DARK' IS GRIMLY REVERSED.