{"product_id":"9780522855784","title":"Racket","description":"Author: Gideon Haigh\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780522855784\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Racket\u003c\/i\u003e describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force. With forensic skill and psychological subtlety, Gideon Haigh brings to life a story of corruption in high places and human suffering in low, of murder, suicide, courtroom drama, political machinations, and of the abortionists themselves: among them a multi-millionaire philanthropist, a communist bush poet, a timid aesthete and a bankrupt slaughterman.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n It is the story, too, of Bertram Wainer, abortion's crash-through-or-crash campaigner, and the moral issue he bequeathed which still divides Australians.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241823158430,"sku":"HPC-9780522855784","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780522855784.jpg?v=1780360890","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780522855784","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}