{"product_id":"9780143790983","title":"Death Sentence","description":"Author: Watson, Don\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143790983\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Mar 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia's public language, Don Watson's \u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e is scathing, funny and brilliant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia's public language, Don Watson's \u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e is scathing, funny and brilliant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e' ... in public life the language has never been held in less regard. It withers in the dungeons of the technocratic mind. It is butchered by the media. In politics it lacks all qualifications for the main game.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost sixty years ago, George Orwell described the decay of language and why this threatened democratic society. But compared to what we now endure, the public language of Orwell's day brimmed with life and truth. Today's corporations, government departments, news media, and, perhaps most dangerously, politicians - speak to each other and to us in cliched, impenetrable, lifeless sludge.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Watson can bear it no longer. In \u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e, part diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia's public language, he takes a blowtorch to the words - and their users - who kill joy, imagination and clarity.  Scathing, funny and brilliant, \u003ci\u003eDeath Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e is a small book of profound weight - and timeliness.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48178263883934,"sku":"UBD-9780143790983","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143790983.jpg?v=1787311371","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143790983","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}