Power Without Glory

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[Second hand] In the history of Australian literature few books have been as controversial as Frank Hardy's Power Without Glory. At time of publication, court orders to suppress pu blication while Hardy was tried for criminal libel mirrored much larger scale McCarthyist censorship and anti-communist trials in USA. Ultimately Hardy was cleared and publication allowed. This is a tale of corruption stretching from street corner SP bookmaking to the uppermost echelons of the political elite. Show more