Frank Hardy: A Political Biography

Jenny Hocking provides the first biography of Frank Hardy that comprehensively explores the relationship between his art and his politics. This book presents new insights into one of the most important but controversial Australian writers of the 20th century. A member of the Communist Party from an early age, he first secretly published novel the novel 'Power Without Glory', which was the subject of an infamous criminal libel case. The author includes material from interviews with surviving Hardy family members and unpublished archival documents.