{"product_id":"9781742236025","title":"A Certain Style","description":"Author: Jacqueline Kent\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742236025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Sep 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 366\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeatrice Davis, 1909-1992, was general editor at Angus and Robertson the main Australian publishing company from 1937 to 1973. There she discovered and published such writers as Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Patricia Wrightson, Xavier Herbert and Hal Porter becoming a literary tastemaker in the process. A central figure in Australian literature  \u0026amp;#x27;respected, feared, courted and berated.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published to great acclaim in 2001, \u003ci\u003eA Certain Style\u003c\/i\u003e introduced this stylish and formidable woman to thousands of readers and told a history of books and publishing in twentieth-century Australia. This reissue has a new introduction and updates throughout as the author presents a compelling account of a contradictory woman and her times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A sharp-eyed and warm-hearted biography ... the pleasure of Davis\u0026amp;#x27; company is further enlivened by Kent\u0026amp;#x27;s own quietly witty take on her material.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerryn Goldsworthy,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A witty and enthralling read ... The beauty of Kent\u0026amp;#x27;s book is not just the skill with which she unravels a life but the milieu she evokes en route.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Condon,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSun-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A simply splendid biography of the formidable, maddening, generous, always enchanting Beatrice Davis.\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A terrifc history of the Australian book industry, with the narrative pull of a plot-driven novel. Given current trends in publishing, this is a timely and welcome book.\u0026amp;#x27; - Andrea Goldsmith,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Books of the Year 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839812620446,"sku":"ADS-9781742236025","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742236025.jpg?v=1778827232","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742236025","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}